Political tolerance and prejudice:differential reactions towards Muslims in the Netherlands
In: Noll , J V D , Poppe , W H & Verkuyten , M J A M 2010 , ' Political tolerance and prejudice : differential reactions towards Muslims in the Netherlands ' , Basic and Applied Social Psychology , vol. 32 , no. 1 , pp. 46-56 . https://doi.org/10.1080/01973530903540067
The aim of this study was to explain political tolerance for Muslims from an intergroup perspective. Explanatory mechanisms were derived from integrated threat theory, social identity theory, and the contact and multiculturalism hypotheses. Our results, based on survey data among Dutch youth and by using structural equation modeling, revealed that endorsement of multiculturalism and perceived symbolic and safety threat were the main determinants of political tolerance. Furthermore, we compared the explanatory model for prejudiced and nonprejudiced participants. Perceived safety threat was not associated with tolerance judgments among the nonprejudiced participants. All other relationships were similar for the two groups of participants.