A comparative study of immigration as a function of the place of origin: Psychosocial variables of Murcian natives

Abstract

We present a comparative analysis of the main immigrant groups in the Region of Murcia: Magrebians, Sub-Saharans, eastern Europeans and Latin-Americans. 93 secondary school students have taken part in this research. These students  answered a set of evaluative, cognitive and affective psychological measurements related to every immigrant group. The variables included in this study are the following: general evaluation, stereotype valency, stereotype extent, ingroup similarity, positive emotions, negative emotions, intergroup contact, positive social contributions and negative social contributions. All variables except for one (the positive social contribution), have displayed significant differences in a repeated measurement Anova, according to the immigrant group origin. Magrebian immigrants are the ones who are more damaged in this comparative analysis.