D De Coninck
Biographic Data
| ID | 68217 |
|---|---|
| NAME | D De Coninck |
| GIVEN NAMES | D |
| FAMILY NAME | De Coninck |
| SIGNATURE | DE CONINCK D |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3831-266X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 66 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 184 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 66 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Discrimination and deservingness: Public attitudes towards ethnic, linguistic, and religious exclusion in Belgium
Public acceptance of discrimination is typically treated as a reflection of prejudice. We argue it is better understood as a moral judgment about deservingness – a grammar through which exclusion is recast as fairness. Using the CARIN criteria, we examine how perceptions of deservingness shape the acceptability of discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, and language. Analyses draw on an online survey of adults in Belgium (N = 3,000), in whic…
Shades of acceptance: Mapping public tolerance of discriminatory practices and its links with authoritarianism
While much is known about discriminatory behaviors in fields like the labor and housing markets, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on perceived acceptability of discrimination among the public. This study investigates this complex landscape by examining views on discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, and disability in Belgium through a web survey ( N = 3000). Through four distinct vignettes based on housing and labor scenarios, we …
Framing discrimination in the news: A mixed-methods analysis of frames in Belgian newspapers
News media can shape public understanding of societal issues by either reinforcing divisions or promoting awareness. This study explores how Belgian newspapers framed discrimination between 2019 and 2023. Based on a qualitative analysis of 52 articles and a broader mapping of 513 news items, we identified four recurrent frames: Normalization (treating discrimination as ordinary), Deflection (downplaying it by questioning victims’ sensitivity), So…
The politicisation of state-NGO relations in the field of human rights
This article develops an innovative quantitative analysis of the drivers of state–NGO relations in the field of human rights, specifically focusing on their political drivers. Drawing on cross-national survey data from 2,000+ reported interactions between NGOs, national and EU governmental actors in 26 EU Member States, we examine how national governments’ political orientation, the level of politicisation of human rights issues, and multilevel g…
Pediatricians’ Perspective on the Role of Stepparents in Pediatric Medical Decision-Making
This study shows the importance of a better alignment between clinical practice and legal reality. Aligning legal frameworks with contemporary family patterns may support more consistent, child-centered decision-making in pediatric practice
Taking a seat, taking a side: How news media shapes covert discrimination
Understanding covert discrimination is as critical as overt discrimination in combating injustices. This study examines how news media consumption and trust shape covert discriminatory preferences. By analyzing various news media sources (television, newspapers, and social media) and various discrimination grounds, we highlight the complex relationship between factors driving covert discrimination. We use data from an online survey among 3000 Bel…
Migrant deservingness as an emerging concept: Unveiling public views on asylum seeker settlement through conjoint analysis
Understanding Migrant Views on Deservingness: The Role of Generation, Region of Origin, and Perceived Discrimination
The Immigration‐Related Political Ideology Scale: Development, factor structure, and validity evidence
Dark perspectives on migrant deservingness: The intersection of Dark Triad personality traits and the Carin criteria / Perspectivas oscuras sobre el merecimiento de los migrantes: la intersección de l…
In recent years, there has been a shift in approaches to gauging attitudes towards migrants and diversity, aiming to better capture the increasing heterogeneity within migrant populations. Unlike earlier methods that treated migrants as a uniform group, the focus has now shifted to approaches that take into account the growing diversity of migrant populations, such as the framework of migrant deservingness. This framework employs five criteria — …
Adolescents’ intentional and unintentional cyberhate exposure in Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Portugal: The role of perceived discrimination and digital literacy
Cyberhate refers to hateful and biased online content that targets people based on their group membership. This study differentiates between intentional and unintentional cyberhate exposure and examines the role of perceived discrimination, with five dimensions of digital literacy as mediators. Data were collected via a three-wave longitudinal survey conducted over the span of three years (2021–2023) with 2,660 adolescents (aged 14–17 in W3) from…
Feeling responsible for reducing climate change: A multi-level European study on the role of religion and state
Feelings of being responsible for reducing climate change can stimulate climate action. These feelings may depend on the broader cultural (e.g. religious) and social context (e.g. social and environmental welfare expenditure) in which one lives, as well as on individual beliefs and attitudes, such as religiosity, religion and welfare attitudes. This study analyses data from the European Social Survey Round 8 to gain a better understanding of how …
Exploring Attitudes Toward Discrimination: The Role of News Media Consumption, News Media Trust, Discriminatory Experiences, and Intergroup Contact
sponsorship: KU Leuven Research Council|C24M/22/007
From Egalitarian To Exclusionary: Profiling Youth Acceptance of Discrimination in the Digital Age
Who Deserves to Stay? Latent Profiles of Public Perceptions of Migrant Deservingness in Turkey
Migrant deservingness, the criteria by which host populations assess migrants' entitlement to rights, resources and social acceptance, plays a critical role in shaping public opinion on immigration. Drawing on the CARIN framework, this study examines Turkish citizens' attitudes towards immigration through latent profile analysis on 788 participants (52% female, M age = 34.1 SD = 13.6). The analysis identified four attitudinal profiles: Pragmatic …
Threatened and Emotional: U.S. Host Nationals’ Perceived Threats, Perceived Benefits, and Intergroup Emotions Toward Different Types of Migrants
sponsorship: This article was supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [Grant number P20CHD042849]. (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development|P20CHD042849)
Unraveling the Engagement Paradox: High Civic Engagement Among Vulnerable European Youth in the Digital Age
Examining trust in the police and justice system among ethnic minority members: The case of Moroccan- and Turkish-Dutch citizens in the Netherlands
While extant studies indicate that ethnic minority citizens report relatively low levels of trust in the police and justice system, it is less clear how that trust can be explained. Thanks to its purposive oversampling of Dutch citizens with Turkish and Moroccan origins and nested structure (individuals clustered within neighbourhoods), the Netherlands Longitudinal Lifecourse Study has enabled us to scrutinise which of the following factors contr…
Exploring the news media-dark personality nexus: Linking television news consumption, the Dark Triad, and perceived refugee threat
We examine the intricate relationship between media usage, personality traits, and perceived threat towards refugees. Using a diverse sample from six European countries ( N = 9,085), we explore the moderating impact of Dark Triad traits on television news consumption. Our findings align with prior studies, indicating that public television news consumption is associated with lower perceived threat, while commercial news consumption shows the oppo…
Depolarized by the Media? The Role of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Traditional and Digital Media Diets in Issue Polarization Around Covid-19 in the United States
Research suggests that a heterogeneous media diet can foster more objective information evaluations, reducing issue polarization as a result.These findings beg the question: Can increased news heterogeneity reduce issue polarization around COVID-19?Using data from a cross-sectional survey in the United States (N = 1,262), this study found that -in line with theoretical expectations -at high levels of homogeneity of traditional and digital news co…
Dark Triad personality traits and realistic and symbolic Covid ‐19 threat: The role of conspiracy mentality
The COVID‐19 pandemic has profoundly altered global social dynamics through extensive containment measures. Understanding how individuals perceive the virus, distinguishing between realistic and symbolic threats, and considering the influence of personality traits is essential for effective public health messaging and interventions. This study explores the linkage between personality traits and perceived COVID‐19 threats, mediated by conspiracy m…
Perceived discrimination and digital inequalities among children and young people: Studying the multidimensional concepts of digital skills and digital knowledge
Although young people spend increasing amounts of time on the internet, many caveats remain in the literature with regard to the development of digital skills. We focus on the influence of perceived discrimination given its strong link with youth development. We also consider the multidimensional nature of digital skills, focusing on five dimensions, and on digital knowledge. Using online survey data from 6221 children and young people aged 12–20…
Knowledge Gaps and Bridges: The Relationship between the Awareness of General Patient Rights and the Awareness of Minors’ Patient Rights in the Netherlands
The major focus of this research is the level of awareness among Dutch parents of general patient rights in relation to minors' patient rights. Moreover, this study is intended to highlight the most effective strategies to increase the awareness of general and minor patient rights in the Netherlands. A survey was conducted among 1010 Dutch parents aged between 35 and 55 years who had at least one child. In this study, we described the relationshi…
The spillover effect of implicit immigrant stereotypes and incidental pandemic threat
School staff's views on causes of early school leaving in regular secondary and adult education: Identifying the role of individual, job‐related and school climate characteristics
Understanding early school leaving (ESL) remains a key issue on political and academic agendas. Most research focuses on the experiences of young people who intend to leave or have left school early without a qualification from secondary education. In addition, most studies focus on regular secondary schools. We aim to add to this literature by studying how school staff in regular secondary and adult education schools explain ESL, and to understa…
Migrant categorizations and European public opinion: Diverging Attitudes Towards Immigrants and Refugees
In recent years, European media and public discourse have been increasingly categorising newcomers using terminology like ‘immigrants’ and ‘refugees’. The aim of this practice is to distinguish legitimate from illegitimate newcomers in the wake of the 2015 ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe. Drawing on data from an online survey in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Sweden (n = 6000) in September and October of 2017, this article investigates how the u…
The Refugee Paradox During Wartime in Europe: How Ukrainian and Afghan Refugees are (not) Alike
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in March 2022, Ukrainians have been displaced from their country in record pace and in massive numbers. Although some have been displaced within Ukraine, most have fled to Poland, Moldova, and other European countries. The European and American public’s reaction to these large refugee numbers has been overwhelmingly positive, with outpourings of humanitarianism and solidarity. This reaction stands in stark contrast wi…
The contact hypothesis during the European refugee crisis: Relating quality and quantity of (in)direct intergroup contact to attitudes towards refugees
Research shows that direct and indirect intergroup contact reduces levels of prejudice towards immigrants. However, no research so far has explored the association of these different forms of contact with attitudes towards refugees. The present study analyses the relationship between the frequency and valence of direct intergroup contact with people with a migration background, the frequency of indirect contact with news on refugees, and the perc…
Who is allowed to stay? Settlement deservingness preferences towards migrants in four European countries
Media use, fear of terrorism, and attitudes towards immigrants and refugees: Young people and adults compared
In Flanders, citizens hold rather negative attitudes towards immigrants and refugees. This could be due to the news media, which depict newcomers in a rather negative way. The purpose of this study is to analyze whether there are separate media worlds at work in Flemish young people and adults and whether this results in different attitudes towards immigrants and refugees. To do so, we questioned 1,759 people aged 13 to 65 by means of an online q…
Integration policies and threat perceptions following the European migration crisis: New insights into the policy-threat nexus
The link between integration policies and intergroup attitudes or threat perceptions has received considerable attention. However, no studies so far have been able to explore how this relationship changed following the European migration crisis due to a lack of recent comparative policy data. Using new MIPEX data, this is the first study to examine mechanisms underlying the policy-threat nexus following the European migration crisis, distinguishi…
Applying the Carin Criteria to Migrant Settlement: Cross-National Validation of the Migrant Deservingness Scale
According to social policy literature, people utilize five criteria – Control, Attitude, Reciprocity, Identity, Need – to distinguish the deserving from the undeserving. Most studies rely on proxy variables rather than measuring deservingness criteria directly. We propose and validate a new instrument – the Migrant Deservingness Scale – that captures these criteria. We analyze data from an online survey in seven European countries, the U.S., and …
Can ‘the Other’ ever become ‘One of Us’? Comparing Turkish and European attitudes toward refugees: A five-country study
Since 2015, refugee numbers in Europe have risen to an all-time high. Despite the desperate conditions of most refugees, many European countries have been reluctant to accept them. We investigate how refugees are received in five European countries (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Turkey) and the perceptions of the general population on these refugees. Our data were collected through face-to-face interviews (N = 2,649) in Turkey and…
Inequality beneath the surface: A Belgian case study on structural discrimination in the workplace and the role of organizational structure, culture and policies
Purpose The context of a long-standing research tradition, discrimination has emerged as a critical factor contributing to inequalities within the labor market. While existing studies have primarily focused on overt discrimination during the recruitment and selection process, influenced by biases, attitudes, or stereotypes, there remains a significant knowledge gap regarding discrimination within the workplace and its underlying structural dimens…
Integration policies and migrants' labour market outcomes: A local perspective based on different regional configurations in the EU
Migrants’ integration process and their labour market inclusion occur within distinct local contexts. However, the existing literature has paid little attention to the role of the local context and its relationship with national-level policy outcomes on migrant integration. This study addresses this gap by using new regional (NUTS-2) data from Eurostat and integration policy data from MIPEX, coupled with multivariate analyses. We investigate how …
Digital Skills and Digital Knowledge as Buffers Against Online Mis/Disinformation? Findings from a Survey Study Among Young People in Europe
Digital skills and digital knowledge are often put forward as a potential solution protecting young people from being misled by mis/disinformation on social media. However, while previous research has repeatedly demonstrated the value of digital skills and digital knowledge for protecting young people from negative outcomes of their internet use, the state of the research regarding risks relating to exposure to online mis/disinformation remains s…
Gendered perspectives on digital skills and digital activities: Comparing non-binary and binary youth
Previous research on gender differences in young people’s digital development has shown that boys and girls differ in frequency and type of internet use, but vital gaps in the literature remain. In recent years, gender is increasingly considered to be a multidimensional concept with a growing number of young people identifying as non-binary (i.e. genderfluid, an umbrella term for gender identities that are not conforming to the male/female dichot…
Explaining migrant integration policies: A comparative study across 56 countries
This article provides novel insights into the main factors associated with integration policies at the national level. Existing literature has analysed specific factors in Western countries, while a comprehensive, theoretically informed, and up-to-date overview is missing, especially regarding non-Western countries. This article fills this gap by combining 2014 and 2019 Migrant Integration Policy Index data on integration policies in 56 countries…
Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Social Dominance Orientation as Mediators Between News Media Consumption and Perceived Migrant Threat
In recent years, Europe has seen a rise of authoritarian sentiments in both politics and among the public, which is frequently manifested through perceived threats from immigrants. This study investigates the link of news media consumption with right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation through an online survey sample in seven European countries (N = 10,599; Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden). Our findings…
The role of European and national identity and threat perceptions in attitudes towards immigrants
Identification with a superordinate entity, like Europe, reduces prejudice towards immigrants in general, but no research so far investigated if this differs between prejudice towards immigrants from inside and outside Europe. Using online survey data from four European countries, we determined whether national and European identification are (differently) related to attitudes towards immigrants from inside and outside Europe, and to which extent…
Exploring the link between personality traits and European attitudes towards refugees
Social Media and Fear of Missing Out in Adolescents: The Role of Family Characteristics
Adolescents are particularly susceptible to development of Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) by using social media. Closely connected to social media addiction, this phenomenon is not exclusively dependent on individual characteristics but is also affected by the family environment. Family structure, parental relationship quality, and parenting style are factors influencing adolescents' media use, and therefore likely contribute to the development of Fo…
Exploring Attitudes Toward Discrimination: The Role of News Media Consumption, News Media Trust, Discriminatory Experiences, and Intergroup Contact
sponsorship: KU Leuven Research Council|C24M/22/007
Unraveling the Engagement Paradox: High Civic Engagement Among Vulnerable European Youth in the Digital Age
Welcome in my back yard? Explaining cross-municipal opposition to refugees through outgroup size, outgroup proximity, and economic conditions
This study explores contextual sources of attitudes towards refugees by investigating the impact of outgroup size, outgroup proximity (or the presence of an asylum seekers centre), economic conditions, and their interaction on individuals’ attitudes. We analyse data from a cross-sectional survey of the Belgian adult population in October 2017, enriched with municipality-level indicators of intergroup context and economic conditions. Drawing on mu…
Migrant deservingness as an emerging concept: Unveiling public views on asylum seeker settlement through conjoint analysis
The emotional citizen: Positive affective response towards immigrants predicts meaningful experiences with them and lower Covid-19 perceived threat in nine countries
Mass migration and COVID-19 represent two converging challenges affecting immigrant-receiving countries. Our understanding of intergroup emotion profiles—positive (happiness, hope, and sympathy) and negative (anger, fear, and disgust)—among members of immigrant destination societies in times of global uncertainty remains limited. Drawing from panel samples from nine countries ( N = 13,645), and controlling for relevant covariates, we aimed to ext…
Carin' about migrants through news? Linking migrant deservingness to traditional and digital media consumption
In recent years, public discourse and political actors have increasingly used a deservingness rhetoric to refer to the arrival and permanent settlement of migrant groups. However, scholars have drawn on the concept of deservingness without developing a clear theoretical framework for it. Following our recent work on the migrant deservingness framework, in the present study we use the CARIN criteria (Control, Attitude, Reciprocity, Identity, Need)…
Unpacking Attitudes on Immigrants and Refugees: A Focus on Household Composition and News Media Consumption
This study examines how household composition and news media consumption and trust are related to attitudes towards two minority groups—immigrants and refugees—in a representative sample of the adult population (n = 6000) in Belgium, Sweden, France, and the Netherlands. We find that Swedes hold the most positive attitudes towards both groups, while the French are found to be most negative. The Belgians and Dutch hold moderate attitudes. There is …
Images of Immigrants and Refugees
Perception and representation of newcomers and immigrants The topic of migration has become particularly contentious in national and international debates. Media have a discernable impact on overall societal attitudes towards this phenomenon. Polls show time and again that immigration is one of the most important issue
Media use, fear of terrorism, and attitudes towards immigrants and refugees: Young people and adults compared
In Flanders, citizens hold rather negative attitudes towards immigrants and refugees. This could be due to the news media, which depict newcomers in a rather negative way. The purpose of this study is to analyze whether there are separate media worlds at work in Flemish young people and adults and whether this results in different attitudes towards immigrants and refugees. To do so, we questioned 1,759 people aged 13 to 65 by means of an online q…
Longitudinal Evidence of How Media Audiences Differ in Public Health Perceptions and Behaviors During a Global Pandemic
The current study investigates how public attitudes and perceptions about the COVID-19 pandemic evolve over time and influence self-reported health behaviors (e. g., social distancing). Specific attention was paid to respondents' exposure to different news media channels (public vs. commercial). We used data from a two-wave panel study with a 3-week interval (W1 at the start and W2 at the peak of the pandemic) and a large sample of the adult popu…
One Virus, Four Continents, Eight Countries: An Interdisciplinary and International Study on the Psychosocial Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic among Adults
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic brought about several features that increased the sense of fear and confusion, such as quarantine and financial losses among other stressors, which may have led to adverse psychosocial outcomes. The influence of such stressors took place within a broader sociocultural context that needs to be considered. The objective was to examine how the psychological response to the pandemic varied across…
Can ‘the Other’ ever become ‘One of Us’? Comparing Turkish and European attitudes toward refugees: A five-country study
Since 2015, refugee numbers in Europe have risen to an all-time high. Despite the desperate conditions of most refugees, many European countries have been reluctant to accept them. We investigate how refugees are received in five European countries (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Turkey) and the perceptions of the general population on these refugees. Our data were collected through face-to-face interviews (N = 2,649) in Turkey and…
The contact hypothesis during the European refugee crisis: Relating quality and quantity of (in)direct intergroup contact to attitudes towards refugees
Research shows that direct and indirect intergroup contact reduces levels of prejudice towards immigrants. However, no research so far has explored the association of these different forms of contact with attitudes towards refugees. The present study analyses the relationship between the frequency and valence of direct intergroup contact with people with a migration background, the frequency of indirect contact with news on refugees, and the perc…
Who is allowed to stay? Settlement deservingness preferences towards migrants in four European countries
Exploring the link between personality traits and European attitudes towards refugees
Migrant categorizations and European public opinion: Diverging Attitudes Towards Immigrants and Refugees
In recent years, European media and public discourse have been increasingly categorising newcomers using terminology like ‘immigrants’ and ‘refugees’. The aim of this practice is to distinguish legitimate from illegitimate newcomers in the wake of the 2015 ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe. Drawing on data from an online survey in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Sweden (n = 6000) in September and October of 2017, this article investigates how the u…
Social Media and Fear of Missing Out in Adolescents: The Role of Family Characteristics
Adolescents are particularly susceptible to development of Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) by using social media. Closely connected to social media addiction, this phenomenon is not exclusively dependent on individual characteristics but is also affected by the family environment. Family structure, parental relationship quality, and parenting style are factors influencing adolescents' media use, and therefore likely contribute to the development of Fo…
Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation About Covid-19: Comparative Perspectives on the Role of Anxiety, Depression and Exposure to and Trust in Information Sources
While COVID-19 spreads aggressively and rapidly across the globe, many societies have also witnessed the spread of other viral phenomena like misinformation, conspiracy theories, and general mass suspicions about what is really going on. This study investigates how exposure to and trust in information sources, and anxiety and depression, are associated with conspiracy and misinformation beliefs in eight countries/regions (Belgium, Canada, England…
What's in a Family? Family Conceptualizations of Flemish College‐Aged Students (1997–2018)
Objective Inspired by previous research, we investigated how perceptions about family have changed among first‐year university students at KU Leuven (Flanders, Belgium) between 1997 and 2018. Background The question of what constitutes a family has puzzled scholars for years, yet empirical information on this topic, especially from young adults, is limited. The perceptions are important because studies have found a link between perceptions about …
Attitudes of Young Adults Toward Marriage and Divorce, 2002–2018
We investigate if and how attitudes of college-aged students in Flanders, Belgium, toward marriage and divorce have evolved between 2002 and 2018. Because students in 2018 are more frequently confronted with divorce, unmarried cohabitation, extramarital fertility, and “alternative” family types, we expect them to hold more positive attitudes toward these developments than students in 2002. We also expect students in 2018 to hold more negative att…
Rental discrimination, perceived threat and public attitudes towards immigration and refugees
There is still little research about the association of anti-immigrant attitudes with ethnic discrimination. In this study we investigate whether there is more rental discrimination against ethnic minorities in Belgian municipalities with more negative attitudes and higher perceived threats toward immigration and refugees. For this purpose, we merged unique data from correspondence tests with the aggregated attitudes in 44 municipalities. There w…
What a Difference a Year Makes: Changes in Refugee Threat Perceptions in Flanders, Belgium
Since 2014, many refugees and asylum seekers from Africa and the Middle East have arrived in Europe. At the same time, we also observe that the public’s attitudes toward this group are becoming increasingly negative. Because of the rapid increase in refugees and asylum seekers in a short period of time, these attitudes may change rapidly. However, little research has investigated to what extent attitudes toward this group shift over a short term.…
Examining Care Assessment Scores of Community-Dwelling Adults in Flanders, Belgium: The Role of Socio-Psychological and Assessor-Related Factors
One of the primary objectives of health systems is to provide a fair system by providing a comprehensive and holistic approach to caregiving rather than focusing on a single aspect of a person's care needs. This approach is often embodied by using standardized care assessments across health and social care settings. These assessments are completed by professional assessors and yield vital information regarding a person's health or contextual char…
The Evolution in Anxiety and Depression with the Progression of the Pandemic in Adult Populations from Eight Countries and Four Continents
Nearly a year after the classification of the COVID-19 outbreak as a global pandemic, it is clear that different factors have contributed to an increase in psychological disorders, including public health measures that infringe on personal freedoms, growing financial losses, and conflicting messages. This study examined the evolution of psychosocial impacts with the progression of the pandemic in adult populations from different countries and con…
The role of European and national identity and threat perceptions in attitudes towards immigrants
Identification with a superordinate entity, like Europe, reduces prejudice towards immigrants in general, but no research so far investigated if this differs between prejudice towards immigrants from inside and outside Europe. Using online survey data from four European countries, we determined whether national and European identification are (differently) related to attitudes towards immigrants from inside and outside Europe, and to which extent…
Integration policies and threat perceptions following the European migration crisis: New insights into the policy-threat nexus
The link between integration policies and intergroup attitudes or threat perceptions has received considerable attention. However, no studies so far have been able to explore how this relationship changed following the European migration crisis due to a lack of recent comparative policy data. Using new MIPEX data, this is the first study to examine mechanisms underlying the policy-threat nexus following the European migration crisis, distinguishi…
Distance Learning and School-Related Stress Among Belgian Adolescents During the Covid-19 Pandemic
To improve our understanding of the mental health consequences of the shift to distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study examined which factors are associated with increased school-related stress in adolescents. The sample consists of 16,093 adolescents, aged 12 to 18, who were enrolled in secondary education in Flanders, Belgium in May 2020. Stepwise binomial logistic regressions were used to investigate associations between the…
Fear of Terrorism and Attitudes Toward Refugees: An Empirical Test of Group Threat Theory
In recent years, the co-occurrence of the migration crisis and terrorist attacks in European cities have created a strong link between refugees and asylum seekers and terrorism in the minds of many Europeans. This study investigates how attitudes toward refugees are associated with fear of terrorism. Using multilevel modelling on 1,500 Belgian citizens nested in 402 municipalities, results indicate that positive attitudes toward refugees are asso…
Both Medical and Context Elements Influence the Decision-Making Processes of Pediatricians
We wanted to investigate the relationship of medical and non-medical factors with the clinical decision-making of pediatricians. We hypothesize that the addition of relevant medical information (either alarming or reassuring) will influence the physician's decision-making, but that the addition of non-medical information will also play a role. To investigate this, we designed an online questionnaire containing ten clinical case-based scenarios, o…
Welcome in my back yard? Explaining cross-municipal opposition to refugees through outgroup size, outgroup proximity, and economic conditions
This study explores contextual sources of attitudes towards refugees by investigating the impact of outgroup size, outgroup proximity (or the presence of an asylum seekers centre), economic conditions, and their interaction on individuals’ attitudes. We analyse data from a cross-sectional survey of the Belgian adult population in October 2017, enriched with municipality-level indicators of intergroup context and economic conditions. Drawing on mu…
Explaining migrant integration policies: A comparative study across 56 countries
This article provides novel insights into the main factors associated with integration policies at the national level. Existing literature has analysed specific factors in Western countries, while a comprehensive, theoretically informed, and up-to-date overview is missing, especially regarding non-Western countries. This article fills this gap by combining 2014 and 2019 Migrant Integration Policy Index data on integration policies in 56 countries…
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