Attitude to multiculturality at school scale: validation and psychometric properties on a Chilean sample

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https://doi.org/10.18800/psico.202101.005

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Attitudes, Multiculturality, School, Immigrants, Teachers

Abstract

The increasing number of immigrant students on the Chilean educational system stresses the importance of study teachers’ attitudes to multiculturality in schools settings. Nevertheless, there is a lack of adequate measurement instruments to apply on Chilean population. The aim of this work was to validate the Attitude to Multiculturality at School Scale (León del Barco et al., 2007) on a Chilean sample, composed by N=160 teachers. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the unifactorial model had the best fit to the data. Correlation analysis revealed significant relations between attitude to multiculturality at school, perceived out-group threat and prejudice. Linear regression analysis showed that perceived threat and prejudice explained 42% of the attitude to multiculturality at school variability, supporting criterion validity.

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Author Biographies

  • María José Mera Lemp, Alberto Hurtado University

    PhD in Social Psychology, Universidad del País Vasco. CONICYT/ FONDECYT Postdoctoral Researcher at Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile. Mailing address: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad 2. Alberto Hurtado. Almirante Barroso, 10, Santiago de Chile. E-mail: mmera@uahurtado.cl

  • Gonzalo Martínez-Zelaya, Universidad de Viña del Mar

    PhD in Social Psychology, Universidad del País Vasco. Professor at Escuela de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad Viña del Mar Mailing address: Escuela de Ciencias Jurídicas y Sociales, Universidad Viña del Mar. Los Fresnos 91, Miraflores, Viña del Mar. E-mail: gonzalo.martinez@uvm.cl

  • Marian Bilbao, Alberto Hurtado University

    PhD in Social Psychology, Universidad del País Vasco. Professor at at Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile. Mailing address: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Almirante Barroso, 10, Santiago de Chile. E-mail: maria.bilbao@uahurtado.cl

  • Roxana Zuleta, Andrés Bello University

    Master in Social Work and Social Policy, Universidad de Concepción. Professor at Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello. Mailing address: Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello. Autopista Concepción-Talcahuano 7100, Concepción, Chile. E-mail: roxana.zuleta@unab.cl

  • Amanda Garrido, Andrés Bello University

    Master in Clinical Psychology. Professor at Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello. Mailing addres: Facultad de Educación y Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Andres Bello. Autopista Concepción-Talcahuano 7100, Concepción, Chile. E-mail: amanda.garrido@outlook.cl

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Published

2021-01-21

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2021)

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Articles

How to Cite

Attitude to multiculturality at school scale: validation and psychometric properties on a Chilean sample. (2021). Revista de Psicología, 39(1), 115-136. https://doi.org/10.18800/psico.202101.005