APS

2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026

Attitudes Toward Hispanic Immigrants Are More Strongly Predicted By Purity and Ingroup Preferences In Whites Than In Hispanic Participants

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Identity, Culture & Social Inequality

  • Roque Mendez
    Texas State University
  • Jack Deelman
    Texas State University

Abstract

Hispanics compared to whites held more positive attitudes toward Hispanic immigrants. However, negative attitudes toward Hispanic immigrants were more strongly predicted by Purity values and In-group Preferences in Whites than in Hispanics.  More recent generational connections in Hispanics may temper negative attitudes toward Hispanic immigrants.

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