RT Journal Article
T1 Terrorist threat, dehumanization, and right‐wing authoritarianism as predictors of discrimination
A1 da Costa Silva, Khalil
A1 Álvaro Estramiana, José Luis
A1 Rosas Torres, Ana Raquel
A1 Garrido Luque, Alicia
AB This study analyzed the relationship between terrorist threat and discrimination, operationalized by support for retributive justice against Islamic groups suspect of terrorist crimes. Two experimental studies were performed. Study 1 (N = 215) showed that the terrorist threat against the ingroup raises the support for the retributive procedures through the dehumanization of the outgroup. Study 2 (N = 304) analyzed how the mediating role of dehumanization in the relationship between terrorist threat and support for retributive justice is moderated by right‐wing authoritarianism (RWA). In addition, the study aimed to verify if the dehumanization of outgroup and RWA could explain the relationship between terrorist threat and discrimination of Muslim immigrants. The results indicated that adherence to RWA favors dehumanization of the outgroup and, consecutively, the discrimination, operationalized as support for the use of retributive justice. The adherence to RWA has been identified as the mechanism that explains the discrimination against Muslim immigrants.
PB Wiley
SN 0036-5564
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91664
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91664
LA eng
NO da Costa Silva K, Álvaro JL, Torres ARR, Garrido A. Terrorist threat, dehumanization, and right-wing authoritarianism as predictors of discrimination. Scand J Psychol. 2019 Dec;60(6):616-627. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12574. Epub 2019 Sep 6. PMID: 31490016.
NO Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (Brazil)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025