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- Title
Reactions to Homelessness: Social, Cultural, and Psychological Sources of Discrimination.
- Authors
Baumgartner, Brooks J.; Bauer, Lisa M.; Bui, Khanh Van T.
- Abstract
This study examined social, cultural, and psychological sources of prejudice toward homeless people. Six potential predictor variables were taken into consideration: belief in a just world, individualistic orientation, collectivistic orientation, and causal attributions made toward homelessness (including locus, stability, and controllability). The outcome variable was attitudes toward homeless people. In terms of zero-order correlations, belief in a just world, collectivism orientation, locus, and controllability were all significantly correlated with attitudes toward homeless people. A simultaneous multiple regression also revealed that the six variables (minus the causal attribution of stability due to its low internal consistency) accounted for 28.7% of the variance in attitudes toward homeless people, with the causal attribution of locus emerging as a significant predictor.
- Publication
Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 1, p26
- ISSN
2164-8204
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.24839/2164-8204.JN17.1.26