TY - JOUR
AU - Sarrasin, Oriane
AB - Anti-Muslim attitudes are widespread in Western countries, especially among conservative individuals. Yet,the Muslim veil sparks controversy across the ideological spectrum, potentially resulting in unwillingness tonaturalize Muslim immigrants. Living in culturally diverse contexts is likely to affect how ideologies relateto anti-veil attitudes. This study examined the interplay between individual- and community-level ideologiesand minority proportion in explaining anti-veil attitudes. Multilevel analyses with Swiss World Values Surveydata (N = 1,006; 125 municipalities) revealed that individual-level conservatism andconservative ideological climates increased anti-veil attitudes. Minority proportion in a municipality (i.e.,proportion of ex-Yugoslavs and Turks representing the largest Muslim groups) shaped the impact of conservativeideologies on both levels: Stronger anti-veil attitudes were found in highly conservative communities whenminority proportion was high rather than low, whereas low rather than high minority proportion strengthenedanti-veil attitudes for nonconformist individuals and in progressive communities. This research highlights theneed to simultaneously examine conservative ideologies and immigrant presence to understand hostsocieties’ views of immigrants’ cultural practices.
TI - Unveiling Naturalization 
JO - zeitschrift für Psychologie
DO - 10.1027/2151-2604/a000154
DA - 2013-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychological-association/unveiling-naturalization-LbM0curiK6
SP - 242
EP - 251
VL - 221
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -