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DePaul University

2022

Cultural Inertia

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Cultural Change And Threat Perception: Causal Implications On White Nationalist Beliefs And Outgroup Restricting Policies, Andrea Bellovary Jun 2022

Cultural Change And Threat Perception: Causal Implications On White Nationalist Beliefs And Outgroup Restricting Policies, Andrea Bellovary

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Cultural change is an inevitable aspect of life; however, how people react to cultural change can dramatically vary. Of particular interest to this analysis is how White Americans react to cultural changes occurring in the nation. Across three studies, I examined how White Americans may see cultural change, in the form of demographic change, as threatening and how these threat perceptions may influence their endorsement of White nationalism beliefs and support for outgroup restricting policies. This investigation found that White participants who read about real demographic changes occurring in the nation endorsed more threat perceptions (Study 1). Furthermore, there was …


Cultural Change And Threat Perception: Casual Implications On White Nationalist Beliefs And Outgroup Restricting Policies, Andrea Bellovary May 2022

Cultural Change And Threat Perception: Casual Implications On White Nationalist Beliefs And Outgroup Restricting Policies, Andrea Bellovary

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Cultural change is an inevitable aspect of life; however, how people react to cultural change can dramatically vary. Of particular interest to this analysis is how White Americans react to cultural changes occurring in the nation. Across three studies, I examined how White Americans may see cultural change, in the form of demographic change, as threatening and how these threat perceptions may influence their endorsement of White nationalism beliefs and support for outgroup restricting policies. This investigation found that White participants who read about real demographic changes occurring in the nation endorsed more threat perceptions (Study 1). Furthermore, there was …