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Contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six Asian cultural groups

Multiculturalism and polyculturalism are two lay theories of culture that have been associated with some similar intergroup attitudes and behaviors. But other than the studies of Rosenthal and Levy in the United States, there have been no studies that directly distinguish between these two lay theor...

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Main Authors: Bernardo, Allan B. I., Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C., Tjipto, Susana, Hutapea, Bonar, S. Yeung, Susanna, Khan, Aqeel
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Published: SAGE Publications Ltd. 2016
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H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69085/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069397116641895
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spelling my.utm.690852017-11-20T08:52:11Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69085/ Contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six Asian cultural groups Bernardo, Allan B. I. Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C. Tjipto, Susana Hutapea, Bonar S. Yeung, Susanna Khan, Aqeel H Social Sciences (General) Multiculturalism and polyculturalism are two lay theories of culture that have been associated with some similar intergroup attitudes and behaviors. But other than the studies of Rosenthal and Levy in the United States, there have been no studies that directly distinguish between these two lay theories. In this study, we use confirmatory factor analysis procedures to show that multiculturalism and polyculturalism represent two distinct latent constructs among our 1,730 participants in six Asian cultural groups (China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines). Moreover, we show that essentializing race is associated with endorsement of multiculturalism (but not polyculturalism) in five cultural groups (except Hong Kong). The results provide strong cross-cultural empirical evidence for the distinction between the two lay theories and, more importantly, point to aspects of the lay theory of multiculturalism that relate to why it is sometimes associated with stronger stereotyping and prejudice toward minority cultural groups. SAGE Publications Ltd. 2016 Article PeerReviewed Bernardo, Allan B. I. and Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C. and Tjipto, Susana and Hutapea, Bonar and S. Yeung, Susanna and Khan, Aqeel (2016) Contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six Asian cultural groups. Cross-Cultural Research, 50 (3). pp. 231-250. ISSN 1069-3971 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069397116641895 DOI:10.1177/1069397116641895
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topic H Social Sciences (General)
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Bernardo, Allan B. I.
Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C.
Tjipto, Susana
Hutapea, Bonar
S. Yeung, Susanna
Khan, Aqeel
Contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six Asian cultural groups
description Multiculturalism and polyculturalism are two lay theories of culture that have been associated with some similar intergroup attitudes and behaviors. But other than the studies of Rosenthal and Levy in the United States, there have been no studies that directly distinguish between these two lay theories. In this study, we use confirmatory factor analysis procedures to show that multiculturalism and polyculturalism represent two distinct latent constructs among our 1,730 participants in six Asian cultural groups (China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Malaysia, the Philippines). Moreover, we show that essentializing race is associated with endorsement of multiculturalism (but not polyculturalism) in five cultural groups (except Hong Kong). The results provide strong cross-cultural empirical evidence for the distinction between the two lay theories and, more importantly, point to aspects of the lay theory of multiculturalism that relate to why it is sometimes associated with stronger stereotyping and prejudice toward minority cultural groups.
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author Bernardo, Allan B. I.
Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C.
Tjipto, Susana
Hutapea, Bonar
S. Yeung, Susanna
Khan, Aqeel
author_facet Bernardo, Allan B. I.
Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C.
Tjipto, Susana
Hutapea, Bonar
S. Yeung, Susanna
Khan, Aqeel
author_sort Bernardo, Allan B. I.
title Contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six Asian cultural groups
title_short Contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six Asian cultural groups
title_full Contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six Asian cultural groups
title_fullStr Contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six Asian cultural groups
title_full_unstemmed Contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six Asian cultural groups
title_sort contrasting lay theories of polyculturalism and multiculturalism: associations with essentialist beliefs of race in six asian cultural groups
publisher SAGE Publications Ltd.
publishDate 2016
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/69085/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1069397116641895
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