| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立金門大學 === 海洋與邊境管理學系碩士班 === 105 === This study discusses general public’s image, stereotypes, prejudice and social distance toward the new immigrants in Taiwan. On the basis of previous studies and my assumptions, this study further probes into the Taiwanese’s multicultural acceptance. The research goal is to indicate the factors that affect degrees of multicultural acceptance. The statistic results of t-test, one-way ANOVA and hierarchical regression analysis demonstrate the following findings:
Firstly, Taiwanese civilians hold a positive attitude on the new immigrants regarding stereotype and prejudice. Among various groups, Japanese and Korean immigrants receive the highest evaluation of social distance (3.68 average). The acceptance of multiculturalism is in an ideal state(4.04 average).
Secondly, there is no significant correlation between the types of background and the factors of (i) stereotype, (ii) prejudice and (iii) social distance. The factor of gender shows significant influence on the multicultural acceptance and its three dimensions: the females’ performance is higher than the males’.
Thirdly, the variable of contacting frequency affects social distance and multicultural acceptance. However, the educational variations demonstrate different performances. Contacting frequency affects students’ judgments on new immigrants from Day Division more than students from Night Division.
Fourthly, stereotype and prejudice facilitate minimalizing social distance. The results show that positive stereotypes and prejudice exhibit positive correlation with social distance between the general public and new immigrants. The results indicate that stereotypes and prejudice minimizes social distance.
Fifthly, the results show that stereotype, prejudice and social distance determine the structures of multicultural acceptance in public. The variables of cognition, emotion and social interaction play the crucial role for having significant influence. The factors of positive stereotype, positive prejudice and short social distance induce high multicultural acceptance, vice versa.
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