Are Value Priorities Predictors of Prejudice? A Study With Italian Adolescents

This study explored value priorities, prejudice toward the Africans, and the relationships between these dimensions in 233 Italian adolescents. Measures: Portrait Values Questionnaire (Capanna et al., 2005), to assess value priorities, and Subtle and Blatant Prejudice Scale (Manganelli Rattazzi &...

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Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2015-06, Vol.191, p.296-301
Main Authors: Falanga, Rossella, Caroli, Maria Elvira De, Sagone, Elisabetta
Format: Article
Language:English
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adolescents
ethnic subtle and blatant prejudice
Values
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Summary:This study explored value priorities, prejudice toward the Africans, and the relationships between these dimensions in 233 Italian adolescents. Measures: Portrait Values Questionnaire (Capanna et al., 2005), to assess value priorities, and Subtle and Blatant Prejudice Scale (Manganelli Rattazzi & Volpato, 2001) to distinguish subjects in: Equalitarians, Bigots, and Subtles. 1) adolescents scored higher in self-transcendence and openness to change than conservation and self-enhancement; 2) the 51,5% of adolescents were classified as Equalitarians, the 41,6% as Subtles, and the 6,9% as Bigots; 3) Equalitarians scored higher than the others in self-transcendence, while Bigots and Subtles scored higher in self-enhancement than Equalitarians; 4) self-transcendence negatively affected prejudice, conservation and self-enhancement were predictors of prejudice. Differences for sex and age emerged.
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.250