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The Role of Values in Attitudes towards Violence: Discrimination against Moroccans and Romanian Gypsies in Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2015

José Luis Álvaro ,
Thiago Morais de Oliveira ,
Ana Raquel Rosas Torres ,
Cicero Pereira ,
Alicia Garrido  and
Leoncio Camino
José Luis Álvaro*
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Thiago Morais de Oliveira
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil)
Ana Raquel Rosas Torres
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil)
Cicero Pereira
Affiliation:
Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)
Alicia Garrido
Affiliation:
Universidad Complutense (Spain)
Leoncio Camino
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil)
*
*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to José Luis Álvaro. Department of Social Psychology. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 28223. Madrid (Spain). E-mail: jlalvaro@ucm.es
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Abstract

The first objective of this study was to investigate whether police violence is more tolerated when the victim is a member of a social minority (e.g., Moroccan immigrants and Romanian Gypsies in Spain) than when the victim is a member of the social majority (e.g., Spaniards). The second objective was to use Schwartz value theory to examine the moderating role of values on attitudes towards tolerance of police violence. The participants were 207 sociology and social work students from a public university in Madrid. Overall, in this study, police violence was more accepted when the victim was a member of a social minority; F(2, 206) = 77.91, p = .001, ηp 2 = 0.433, and in general, values moderated this acceptance. Thus, greater adherence to the conservation and self-promotion values subsystems would strengthen support for police violence towards a social minority member. On the other hand, greater adherence to the openness to change and self-transcendence subsystems diminish this support.

Keywords

social prejudiceethnic discriminationpolice violencevalues
Type
Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 18 , 2015 , E63
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2015 

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