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Validation of the subtle and blatant prejudice scale towards indigenous people in Argentina

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The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the subtle and blatant prejudice scale toward indigenous people in Argentina and its relationship with right wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, tolerance for disagreement, ideological-political self-positioning, sex and age. A sample of 304 participants from Buenos Aires was selected using a non-probabilistic incidental method. Participants were aged from 18 to 41 years and they were asked to fill a self-report questionnaire including an Argentinean version of the subtle and blatant prejudice toward indigenous people scale together with right wing authoritarianism scale, social dominance orientation scale, tolerance for disagreement scale, ideological-political self-positioning scale. We found adequate psychometrics properties for the subtle and blatant prejudice scale, as well as significant and positive correlations with right wing authoritarianism, tolerance for disagreement, social dominance orientation and political self-placement. These findings may indicate that prejudice towards indigenous people in Argentina is a complex problem that cannot be explained only by considering intergroup relations, because different socio-psychological variables are related with its consolidation and maintenance.

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  1. Universidad de Buenos Aires, CONICET y Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Gral. Juan Lavalle 2353, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, C1052AAA, Argentina

    Joaquín Ungaretti

  2. CIIPME-CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires y Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Tte. Gral. Juan Domingo Perón 2158, C1040AAH, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Edgardo Etchezahar

  3. FLACSO-Argentina y CONICET, Tucumán 1966, C1050AAN, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Alicia Barreiro

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Ungaretti, J., Etchezahar, E. & Barreiro, A. Validation of the subtle and blatant prejudice scale towards indigenous people in Argentina. Curr Psychol 39, 1423–1429 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-9844-4

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