Abstract

ALVAREZ-CASTILLO, José-Luis; CORPAS-REINA, Rafael  and  CORPAS-REINA, Carmen. Prejudice in practitioners who work with socially excluded people in Andalusia: A dual process approach. Psychosocial Intervention [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.3, pp.149-158. ISSN 2173-4712.  https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psi.2016.02.001.

It is assumed that the professional profile of those who work with socially excluded people is not compatible with the maintenance of prejudices against the group they help. The current study tested this hypothesis regarding the Dual Process Cognitive-Motivational Model of Duckitt (2001) and Duckitt and Sibley (2010). Data from 565 Andalusian professionals were collected in a cross-sectional survey, using measures of socio-demographics, personality, values, ideological attitudes, political position, and prejudice. The model fitted to data reproduced the basic relations in the hypothesized model, although its explanatory power was limited. Prejudice was significantly explained by both paths (authoritarianism and dominance), leading to the conclusion that the reduced level of prejudice held by professionals corresponds to the perception of socially excluded people as a dissident group. This suggests that professional identity as a broad construct may moderate the variance in prejudice. Finally, these findings also suggest that the professional development of social workers should be promoted.

Keywords : Prejudice; Dual process model; Social exclusion; Professional identity; Structural equation modelling.

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