The (Non)-persistence of Changes of Attitudes Toward Immigrants’ after Terrorist Attacks: The Case of the Manchester Bombings
(2018) In Carlo Alberto Notebooks 549(549).- Abstract
- Growing research focusing on the psychological reactions to terrorism by citizens finds that terrorist attacks perpetrated by individuals belonging to Muslim minorities increase nega- tive attitudes towards those perceived as the ”outgroup”, and especially immigrants and refugees. However, few attempts have been made so far to assess the short-term impact of these attacks. While we know that immediate emotional reactions are deemed to cause stereotyping effects in the days follow- ing traumatic events (as a result of coping mechanisms by individuals reacting to a perceived threat), we need more re- search to assess how long this effect endures. By means of a quasi-experimental before-after design based on the Manch- ester bombing of May... (More)
- Growing research focusing on the psychological reactions to terrorism by citizens finds that terrorist attacks perpetrated by individuals belonging to Muslim minorities increase nega- tive attitudes towards those perceived as the ”outgroup”, and especially immigrants and refugees. However, few attempts have been made so far to assess the short-term impact of these attacks. While we know that immediate emotional reactions are deemed to cause stereotyping effects in the days follow- ing traumatic events (as a result of coping mechanisms by individuals reacting to a perceived threat), we need more re- search to assess how long this effect endures. By means of a quasi-experimental before-after design based on the Manch- ester bombing of May 22, 2017, we ask whether the stereo- typing effect occurs, and whether it fades away after a few days. We present evidence consistent with the stereotyping effect hypothesis, but we also show the role of temporality: while the effect is strong and significant in the first 3 days after the attacks, it disappears after 4-7 days. These findings suggest that the emotional, immediate reactions that trigger stereotyping processes right after a terrorist attack are reab- sorbed after a few days as a result of rational processing. (Less)
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abstract = {{Growing research focusing on the psychological reactions to terrorism by citizens finds that terrorist attacks perpetrated by individuals belonging to Muslim minorities increase nega- tive attitudes towards those perceived as the ”outgroup”, and especially immigrants and refugees. However, few attempts have been made so far to assess the short-term impact of these attacks. While we know that immediate emotional reactions are deemed to cause stereotyping effects in the days follow- ing traumatic events (as a result of coping mechanisms by individuals reacting to a perceived threat), we need more re- search to assess how long this effect endures. By means of a quasi-experimental before-after design based on the Manch- ester bombing of May 22, 2017, we ask whether the stereo- typing effect occurs, and whether it fades away after a few days. We present evidence consistent with the stereotyping effect hypothesis, but we also show the role of temporality: while the effect is strong and significant in the first 3 days after the attacks, it disappears after 4-7 days. These findings suggest that the emotional, immediate reactions that trigger stereotyping processes right after a terrorist attack are reab- sorbed after a few days as a result of rational processing.}},
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title = {{The (Non)-persistence of Changes of Attitudes Toward Immigrants’ after Terrorist Attacks: The Case of the Manchester Bombings}},
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