Why do people come to support a highly controversial law? Manipulating the clarity and coherence of a law can shape individuals’ perception and approval

Kleinlogel, Emmanuelle P.; Nugier, Armelle; Pelletier‐Dumas, Mathieu; Sablonnière, Roxane de la; Guimond, Serge

doi:10.1016/j.psfr.2020.01.001

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“…Before presenting our theoretical reasoning in this regard, we review the literature of each concept in turn. This is because perceived clarity and perceived coherence emerged from different theoretical perspectives and that it is just recently that they have been theorized to be influential conjointly (Kleinlogel, Nugier, Pelletier‐Dumas, de la Sablonnière, & Guimond, ).…”

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“…It is possible that perceived clarity and perceived coherence independently influence perceived cultural norms. However, initial evidence (Kleinlogel et al, ) revealed an interaction effect between the perceived clarity and the perceived coherence of a proposed law predicting individuals’ personal attitudes toward this law. For instance, it was observed in the French context that the perceived coherence was associated with greater support when the perceived clarity was high, as expected.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The impact of national integration policies on prejudice and psychological well‐being: The fundamental role of the clarity and coherence of integration policies

Sablonnière

Nugier

Kadhim

et al. 2020

Euro J Social Psych

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Recent advances in social psychological research have shown that national integration policies influence how immigrants are perceived and treated by the mainstream population. However, the processes by which these policies come to have an impact on prejudice and well‐being of the general population are largely unknown. Moreover, past research has often relied on unrepresentative samples limiting generalizability. The present research proposes that when the national integration policies of a given society are perceived as clearly defined and coherent, they have a direct impact on the perceived cultural norm related to those national integration policies. In turn, the perceived cultural norm affects personal attitudes toward cultural norms (i.e., the degree to which individuals support a given policy), which influence the level of anti‐immigrant prejudice as well as psychological well‐being. Findings from two correlational studies with representative samples of the mainstream population conducted in France on the policy of secularism (N = 940) and in Québec on the policy of interculturalism (N = 912) supported the proposed theoretical model.

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confidence: 99%