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Individual change in rejection of equal opportunities for foreigners among adolescents and young adults in Switzerland: Testing realistic conflict theory from a dynamic perspective

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  • Inge Hendriks
  • Marcel Lubbers
  • Peer Scheepers

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This study’s objective is to test one of the key theoretical orientations in the literature on intergroup relations, realistic conflict theory, from a dynamic perspective. In this study, we focus on adolescents who are, according to the ‘impressionable years’-hypothesis, most likely to change in their rejection of equal opportunities. Realistic conflict theory is applied in a dynamic way by taking into account economic characteristics related to the adolescent and the household. We employ Swiss panel data covering the period 1999–2017, containing information of both adolescents and the household they live in. Results demonstrate that there is relatively little variation within adolescents in rejection of equal opportunities for foreigners. Despite of using a broad range of characteristics related to adolescents’ as well as the household’s economic situation, the changes that do occur within individuals could hardly be explained by those economic changes. Socialisation theories on direct parental influences appeared to better explain changes in rejection of equal opportunities.

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  • Inge Hendriks & Marcel Lubbers & Peer Scheepers, 2024. "Individual change in rejection of equal opportunities for foreigners among adolescents and young adults in Switzerland: Testing realistic conflict theory from a dynamic perspective," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(2), pages 1-20, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0296883
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0296883
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