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Scatter Plots of Perceived Threat of Immigrants According to Different Levels of Lockdown Duration and Lockdown Severity.
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Xenophobia and anti-immigrant attacks rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet this may not be solely due to the disease threat. According to theories of frustration and scapegoating, situational obstructions and deprivation can motivate prejudice against outgroups. Using a global natural quasi-experimental design, this study tests whether the restri...
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... scatter plots showed that the average score of perceived threat of immigrants was positively correlated with both lockdown duration ( Figure 1A) and lockdown severity ( Figure 1B). ...
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... scatter plots showed that the average score of perceived threat of immigrants was positively correlated with both lockdown duration ( Figure 1A) and lockdown severity ( Figure 1B). ...
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... they were largely interchangeable: as illustrated in Figure 3, participants who had been in a relatively mild lockdown for a longer duration reported similar levels of perceived immigrant threat as those in a severe lockdown of any duration, and perceptions of immigrant threat were lowest among participants who completed our survey after only a brief duration in mild lockdowns. Note: Figure 1A shows the mean threat perception score by lockdown duration; each point represents the average score of perceived threat of immigrants across the subset of participants who had the same lockdown duration corresponding to the x-axis value. Figure 1B shows the mean immigrant threat perception score by lockdown severity; each point represents the average score of perceived threat of immigrants across the subset of participants who had the same level of lockdown severity corresponding to the x-axis value. ...
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... Figure 1A shows the mean threat perception score by lockdown duration; each point represents the average score of perceived threat of immigrants across the subset of participants who had the same lockdown duration corresponding to the x-axis value. Figure 1B shows the mean immigrant threat perception score by lockdown severity; each point represents the average score of perceived threat of immigrants across the subset of participants who had the same level of lockdown severity corresponding to the x-axis value. In these two scatter plots, the perceived threat of immigrants ranges from 1 to 10, with a higher score for a higher level of perceived threat. ...
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... full patterns of results of indirect effect analysis are in Supplementary Figures 1 and 2. Lockdown duration had a significant indirect effect on perceived threat of immigrants, through both thwarted life goals and routines and disempowerment (overall indirect effect combining the two mediators = 0.024, p = .002; ...
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Government policies can be productive tools for protecting citizens while simultaneously forging more egalitarian societies. At the same time, history has shown that well-intentioned governmental actions, such as those meant to quell pandemics (e.g., blood-donation restrictions), can single out members of marginalized groups (e.g., men who have sex with men). How did government actions shape intergroup outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic? Here, we draw from emerging research to provide informed conjectures regarding whether and how government actions affected stereotypes (e.g., beliefs about gender), prejudice (e.g., anti-Asian bias), and intergroup violence (e.g., hate crimes against Asian individuals) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss research examining the impact of policies intended to curb the spread of the disease, and we consider possible effects of the strategies used to communicate about the virus. Furthermore, we highlight open questions regarding how and why pandemic policies and communication shape intergroup outcomes, propose key directions for future research, and note possible implications for future development of policy and communication strategies.
