Intercultural Sensitivity of the host society: the role of contact, threat, and prejudice in a sample of Chilean university students.
Hostility and discrimination, both towards immigrants and the host society, make it necessary to understand the factors associated with intercultural encounters. The greater the threat, the more negative the attitudes toward the exogroup. Allport argued that contact under certain conditions can be e...
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I28-R145-9097_oai2026-02-09 Martínez-Zelaya, Gonzalo Mera-Lemp, María José Matujara, Kymiko Espejo, Martin Aburto, Vicente Muñoz-Zout, Camila 2026-02-06 Hostility and discrimination, both towards immigrants and the host society, make it necessary to understand the factors associated with intercultural encounters. The greater the threat, the more negative the attitudes toward the exogroup. Allport argued that contact under certain conditions can be effective in reducing prejudice. Thus, someone who is interculturally sensitive is aware of the different aspects of intercultural communication, appreciates and respects the ideas exchanged, accepting human complexity. The study seeks to explain Intercultural Sensitivity through intercultural contact, threat and prejudice towards immigrants. A total of 222 randomly selected Chilean university students participated. The results show that the frequency of contact in the group of friends is the only domain that is related to intercultural sensitivity. Both threat and prejudice work to the detriment of intercultural sensitivity in a situation of competition for scarce resources. La hostilidad y discriminación, tanto hacia los inmigrantes como hacia la sociedad receptora, hacen necesario comprender los factores asociados al encuentro intercultural. Cuanto mayor sea la amenaza más negativas serán las actitudes para con el exogrupo. Allport planteó que el contacto bajo ciertas condiciones puede ser eficaz para reducir el prejuicio. Así, alguien sensible interculturalmente es consciente de los distintos aspectos de la comunicación intercultural, aprecia y respeta las ideas intercambiadas, aceptando la complejidad humana. El estudio busca explicar la Sensibilidad Intercultural a través del contacto intercultural, la amenaza y el prejuicio hacia inmigrantes. Participaron 222 estudiantes universitarios chilenos elegidos aleatoriamente. Los resultados muestran que la frecuencia de contacto en el grupo de amigos es el único ámbito que se relaciona con la sensibilidad intercultural. Tanto la amenaza como el prejuicio funcionan en detrimento de la sensibilidad intercultural en una situación de competencia por recursos escasos. application/pdf application/epub+zip text/html application/xml https://publicaciones.sociales.uba.ar/index.php/psicologiasocial/article/view/9097 10.62174/psocial.9097 spa Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales https://publicaciones.sociales.uba.ar/index.php/psicologiasocial/article/view/9097/9751 https://publicaciones.sociales.uba.ar/index.php/psicologiasocial/article/view/9097/9752 https://publicaciones.sociales.uba.ar/index.php/psicologiasocial/article/view/9097/9753 https://publicaciones.sociales.uba.ar/index.php/psicologiasocial/article/view/9097/9754 Copyright (c) 2026 {PSOCIAL} {PSOCIAL}; Vol 10, No 2; e6 {PSOCIAL}; Vol 10, No 2; e6 2422-619X Host Society, Intercultural Sensitivity, perceived threat, prejudice, Latin American Immigrants Psicología Social; Psicología; Estudios Culturales Sociedad Receptora, Sensibilidad Intercultural, amenaza percibida, prejuicio, inmigrantes latinoamericanos Intercultural Sensitivity of the host society: the role of contact, threat, and prejudice in a sample of Chilean university students. Sensibilidad Intercultural de la sociedad receptora: el rol del contacto, la amenaza y el prejuicio en una muestra de estudiantes universitarios chilenos. info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Encuesta https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=psocial&d=9097_oai |
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Hostility and discrimination, both towards immigrants and the host society, make it necessary to understand the factors associated with intercultural encounters. The greater the threat, the more negative the attitudes toward the exogroup. Allport argued that contact under certain conditions can be effective in reducing prejudice. Thus, someone who is interculturally sensitive is aware of the different aspects of intercultural communication, appreciates and respects the ideas exchanged, accepting human complexity. The study seeks to explain Intercultural Sensitivity through intercultural contact, threat and prejudice towards immigrants. A total of 222 randomly selected Chilean university students participated. The results show that the frequency of contact in the group of friends is the only domain that is related to intercultural sensitivity. Both threat and prejudice work to the detriment of intercultural sensitivity in a situation of competition for scarce resources. |
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Martínez-Zelaya, Gonzalo Mera-Lemp, María José Matujara, Kymiko Espejo, Martin Aburto, Vicente Muñoz-Zout, Camila |
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Martínez-Zelaya, Gonzalo Mera-Lemp, María José Matujara, Kymiko Espejo, Martin Aburto, Vicente Muñoz-Zout, Camila |
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Intercultural Sensitivity of the host society: the role of contact, threat, and prejudice in a sample of Chilean university students. |
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Intercultural Sensitivity of the host society: the role of contact, threat, and prejudice in a sample of Chilean university students. |
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Intercultural Sensitivity of the host society: the role of contact, threat, and prejudice in a sample of Chilean university students. |
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Intercultural Sensitivity of the host society: the role of contact, threat, and prejudice in a sample of Chilean university students. |
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Intercultural Sensitivity of the host society: the role of contact, threat, and prejudice in a sample of Chilean university students. |
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intercultural sensitivity of the host society: the role of contact, threat, and prejudice in a sample of chilean university students. |
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Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales |
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