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Polyculturalism and Attitudes Toward the Continuing Presence of Former Colonizers in Four Postcolonial Asian Societies
Polyculturalism is the lay belief that cultures are dynamically interconnected and mutually influencing each other historically and in contemporary times. Belief in polyculturalism is associated with various positive intergroup outcomes in intercultural social contexts, but it has never been studied...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567320/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31231289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01335 |
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author | Bernardo, Allan B. I. Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C. Tjipto, Susana Hutapea, Bonar Khan, Aqeel Yeung, Susanna S. |
author_facet | Bernardo, Allan B. I. Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C. Tjipto, Susana Hutapea, Bonar Khan, Aqeel Yeung, Susanna S. |
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description | Polyculturalism is the lay belief that cultures are dynamically interconnected and mutually influencing each other historically and in contemporary times. Belief in polyculturalism is associated with various positive intergroup outcomes in intercultural social contexts, but it has never been studied in relation to intergroup attitudes in postcolonial societies. Two studies with participants from four postcolonial Asian societies (total N = 1,126) explore whether polyculturalism will also be associated with positive attitudes toward the continuing presence of former colonizers. The historical colonial experience may be socially represented positively or negatively in different societies, and in this context, the studies inquire into whether current attitudes toward former colonizers are positively associated with the belief in polyculturalism. In two studies (after controlling for belief in multiculturalism, genetic and social constructivist lay theories of race, and national identity) polyculturalism was positively associated with favorable attitudes toward continuing presence of former colonizers in Hong Kong, Macau, and Jakarta, but not in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and Wonosobo, Indonesia. The positive association with polyculturalism was found only in the three societies with a high degree of intercultural contact, where the core beliefs of polyculturalism may be more meaningful. The results are discussed in terms of how intergroup relations between former colonizers and colonized peoples are forms of between-society intercultural contact that are also influenced by intergroup lay theories. |
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spelling | pubmed-65673202019-06-21 Polyculturalism and Attitudes Toward the Continuing Presence of Former Colonizers in Four Postcolonial Asian Societies Bernardo, Allan B. I. Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C. Tjipto, Susana Hutapea, Bonar Khan, Aqeel Yeung, Susanna S. Front Psychol Psychology Polyculturalism is the lay belief that cultures are dynamically interconnected and mutually influencing each other historically and in contemporary times. Belief in polyculturalism is associated with various positive intergroup outcomes in intercultural social contexts, but it has never been studied in relation to intergroup attitudes in postcolonial societies. Two studies with participants from four postcolonial Asian societies (total N = 1,126) explore whether polyculturalism will also be associated with positive attitudes toward the continuing presence of former colonizers. The historical colonial experience may be socially represented positively or negatively in different societies, and in this context, the studies inquire into whether current attitudes toward former colonizers are positively associated with the belief in polyculturalism. In two studies (after controlling for belief in multiculturalism, genetic and social constructivist lay theories of race, and national identity) polyculturalism was positively associated with favorable attitudes toward continuing presence of former colonizers in Hong Kong, Macau, and Jakarta, but not in Johor Bahru, Malaysia and Wonosobo, Indonesia. The positive association with polyculturalism was found only in the three societies with a high degree of intercultural contact, where the core beliefs of polyculturalism may be more meaningful. The results are discussed in terms of how intergroup relations between former colonizers and colonized peoples are forms of between-society intercultural contact that are also influenced by intergroup lay theories. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC6567320/ /pubmed/31231289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01335 Text en Copyright © 2019 Bernardo, Salanga, Tjipto, Hutapea, Khan and Yeung. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Bernardo, Allan B. I. Salanga, Maria Guadalupe C. Tjipto, Susana Hutapea, Bonar Khan, Aqeel Yeung, Susanna S. Polyculturalism and Attitudes Toward the Continuing Presence of Former Colonizers in Four Postcolonial Asian Societies |
title | Polyculturalism and Attitudes Toward the Continuing Presence of Former Colonizers in Four Postcolonial Asian Societies |
title_full | Polyculturalism and Attitudes Toward the Continuing Presence of Former Colonizers in Four Postcolonial Asian Societies |
title_fullStr | Polyculturalism and Attitudes Toward the Continuing Presence of Former Colonizers in Four Postcolonial Asian Societies |
title_full_unstemmed | Polyculturalism and Attitudes Toward the Continuing Presence of Former Colonizers in Four Postcolonial Asian Societies |
title_short | Polyculturalism and Attitudes Toward the Continuing Presence of Former Colonizers in Four Postcolonial Asian Societies |
title_sort | polyculturalism and attitudes toward the continuing presence of former colonizers in four postcolonial asian societies |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567320/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31231289 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01335 |
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