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Perception of otherness - the role of personality and demographic variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

M. Preiss ,
N. Doubková  and
J. Jonáš
M. Preiss*
Affiliation:
Psychology, University of New York in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
N. Doubková
Affiliation:
Psychology, University of New York in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic
J. Jonáš
Affiliation:
Psychology, University of New York in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech Republic
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The idea that personality can influence our perception of ‘otherness’ is widely accepted within the literature of social sciences. Undoubtedly, the principle of dehumanization played an important role in genocides during the 20th and 21st centuries. In totalitarian or post-totalitarian regimes ‘otherness’ may present a challenge to the absolute power. Recent studies showed that negative attitudes toward ‘otherness’ – also known as xenophobia – are on a rise in the Czech Republic.A deeper analysis of the personality in relation with perception of otherness is still missing.

Objectives

The presentation analyse the personality variables associated with the perception of otherness and compare the differences between various age groups, genders, individuals with different levels of education, and above all, the differences between various groups. Several contrast groups are compared - general population, high neuroticism sample, personality disorder sample, xenophobic and xenophilic sample.

Methods

Bogardus Scale of Social Distance as a measure of perception of otherness is compared with in-depth analysis of personality functioning (Semi-Structured Interview for Personality Functioning DSM–5, STiP-5.1).

Results

We analyze the results of five samples with respect to demographic variables, variables of personality functioning and try to point out the relationship between more attitudes and underlying personality functioning. The importance of some demographic variables (as age) and connections between personality functioning (Self and Interpersonal) and social distance is emphasized and discussed.

Conclusions

The project help us to understand perception of otherness in light of demographic and relative power of personality factors.

Keywords

othernesspersonality functioningsocial distance
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S372 - S373
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