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Education, Research & Development, Burgas, Bulgaria, 21 - 24 August 2024, pp.1, (Summary Text)
Multiculturality
and cultural prejudice: The role of some psychological dynamics on cultural
prejudice among university students.
Prejudice is a highly
significant concept in terms of social peace and individual psychological health.
Given that Türkiye is a cosmopolitan and multicultural country where different
ethnicities and cultures coexist, and especially considering the influx of many
individuals from various nations in recent years, it has become increasingly
important for individuals to interact with each other free from cultural
prejudice. In this study I aimed to investigate the levels of cultural/ethnic
prejudice and some of its psychological dynamics among university students, who
constitute a relatively diverse and mixed community in terms of different
cultural and/or ethnic backgrounds. The primary objective of this study was to
develop a scale (Cultural Prejudice Scale-CPS) to measure cultural and ethnic
prejudice among university students. In line with this objective, exploratory
factor analysis conducted with a sample of 512 university students
revealed a four-facto 22- item scale
that explain 62% of the total variance.
Besides the main objective of the study, the developed scale will be
used to determine the levels of cultural/ethnic prejudice among university
students, and a hypothetical model suggesting that inferiority feelings predict
prejudice through self-esteem will be tested. Data cellection process and
studies related to confirmatory factor analysis of the CPS, measuring the
levels of cultural prejudice of the üniversity students, and testing the hypothetic model are ongoing.
Key
Words: Cultural pejudice, inferiority feeling, self esteem.