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Integrated Threat Theory and Intercultural Attitudes

Mexico and the United States

New Mexico State University, wstephan{at}crl.nmsu.edu

Rolando Diaz-Loving

La Universidad Autonóma Nacional De Mexico

Anne Duran

New Mexico State University

In this study, the integrated threat theory of prejudice was employed to examine Americans’ and Mexicans’ attitudes toward one another. According to the theory, four types of threat (realistic, symbolic, intergroup anxiety, and negative stereotypes) cause prejudice. These threats are thought to be caused in part by the amount and quality of intergroup contact. The results of two path analyses indicated that all four threats were significant predictors of attitudes in one sample or the other. Both the amount and quality of contact affected some types of threats. In particular, the quality of intergroup contact (voluntary, positive, individualized, and equal status) appears to play an important role in both intergroup anxiety and attitudes toward the other group.

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