Not all negative: Macro justice principles predict positive attitudes towards asylum seekers in Australia

Figures & data

Table 1. Summary of descriptive statistics, correlations, and reliabilities for attitudes towards asylum seekers scale and attitude‐relevant measures

Scale	1	2	3	4	5
1. ATAS	(.91)
2. RWA	.22*	(.72)
3. SDO	.55***	−.04	(.85)
4. Micro justice	−.16	.20*	−.08	(.75)
5. Macro justice	−.35***	.15	−.19	.57**	(.98)
Mean	3.44	4.37	2.95	5.31	4.69
SD	.95	.70	.89	.86	.88

Notes. ATAS = Attitudes Towards Asylum Seekers; SDO = social dominance orientation; RW = right‐wing authoritarianism; SD, standard deviation.

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001; all correlations reaching statistical significance are highlighted in boldface; alpha Cronbach coefficients are presented in parentheses.

Table 2. Unstandardised (B) and standardised (β) regression coefficients, and semi‐partial correlations for predictors in a hierarchical regression model predicting attitudes towards asylum seekers (N = 100)

	B [95% CI]	SE B	β	p	Sr^2
Step 1
Constant	−.43	.78
RWA	3.38 [1.12, 5.63]	1.13	.25	.004	.24
SDO	.59 [.42, .76]	.087	.56	<.001	.55
Step 2
Constant	.711	.85
RWA	3.74 [1.39, 6.08]	1.18	.28	.001	.27
SDO	.54 [.37, .71]	.09	.51	<.001	.50
Micro justice	−.01 [−.2, .21]	.11	−.02	.874	−.01
Macro justice	−.27 [−.48, −.07]	.10	−.29	.004	−.23

Notes. CI, confidence interval; RWA = right‐wing authoritarianism; SDO = social dominance orientation.

Final model = F(4, 93) = 16.87, p < .001; findings reaching statistical significance are highlighted in boldface.