COVID-19, economic threat and identity status: Stability and change in prejudice against Chinese people within the Canadian population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous studies found a general increase in prejudice against Chinese people during the first months of the pandemic. The present study aims to consider inter-individual heterogeneity in stability and change regarding prejudice involving Chinese people during the pandemic. The first objective is to identify and describe different trajectories of prejudice over a seven-month period during the pandemic. The second and third objectives are to test the association between trajectory group membership and antecedent variables such as: socio-demographic factors (i.e., age, gender, political affiliation) and two psychological mechanisms, namely economic threat and global citizenship identification.

Methods

A representative Canadian sample (N = 3,617) according to

SUBMITTER: Ferrante VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9650986 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature