Does personality functioning influence perception of social distance amongst Czech students studying in an international university, a state university and the general population?
This study investigates the differences of personality functioning and attitudes toward minorities amongst Czech university students and the general population. Utilizing the newly developed scale measuring the concept of personality functioning (Level of Personality Functioning Scale - LPFS), the M...
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| description | This study investigates the differences of personality functioning and attitudes toward minorities amongst Czech university students and the general population. Utilizing the newly developed scale measuring the concept of personality functioning (Level of Personality Functioning Scale - LPFS), the Modern Racism Scale (MRS), the Blatant and Subtle Prejudice Scale (BSPS) and the Bogardus Social Distance Scale, we compared 75 Czech students from an international university and a state university with 55 general population participants. The results show that students exhibited higher levels of impairment in personality functioning and more negative attitudes toward minorities compared to the general population. Unexpectedly, students from the international university had more pronounced levels of social distance and prejudice compared to students from the state university while having similar levels of personality functioning impairment. Our study confirms the positive relationships found between personality functioning and attitudes toward minorities in previous studies. Future research should examine socio-economic influences and the interplay between personality functioning and defense mechanisms in shaping social perception. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d1bec05e7b7e459b9f36331dbe9152242025-08-20T03:31:27ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182025-08-0125810523010.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105230Does personality functioning influence perception of social distance amongst Czech students studying in an international university, a state university and the general population?Su Luo0Marek Preiss1Edel Sanders2Department of Psychology, University of New York in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Corresponding author at: First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Kateřinská 32, 121 08 Prague 2.Department of Psychology, University of New York in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic; Clinical Research of Mental Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, Klecany, Czech RepublicDepartment of Psychology, University of New York in Prague, Prague, Czech RepublicThis study investigates the differences of personality functioning and attitudes toward minorities amongst Czech university students and the general population. Utilizing the newly developed scale measuring the concept of personality functioning (Level of Personality Functioning Scale - LPFS), the Modern Racism Scale (MRS), the Blatant and Subtle Prejudice Scale (BSPS) and the Bogardus Social Distance Scale, we compared 75 Czech students from an international university and a state university with 55 general population participants. The results show that students exhibited higher levels of impairment in personality functioning and more negative attitudes toward minorities compared to the general population. Unexpectedly, students from the international university had more pronounced levels of social distance and prejudice compared to students from the state university while having similar levels of personality functioning impairment. Our study confirms the positive relationships found between personality functioning and attitudes toward minorities in previous studies. Future research should examine socio-economic influences and the interplay between personality functioning and defense mechanisms in shaping social perception.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825005438Personality functioningLevel of personality functioning (LPF)Social distanceMinority perceptionRacism expression |
| spellingShingle | Su Luo Marek Preiss Edel Sanders Does personality functioning influence perception of social distance amongst Czech students studying in an international university, a state university and the general population? Acta Psychologica Personality functioning Level of personality functioning (LPF) Social distance Minority perception Racism expression |
| title | Does personality functioning influence perception of social distance amongst Czech students studying in an international university, a state university and the general population? |
| title_full | Does personality functioning influence perception of social distance amongst Czech students studying in an international university, a state university and the general population? |
| title_fullStr | Does personality functioning influence perception of social distance amongst Czech students studying in an international university, a state university and the general population? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does personality functioning influence perception of social distance amongst Czech students studying in an international university, a state university and the general population? |
| title_short | Does personality functioning influence perception of social distance amongst Czech students studying in an international university, a state university and the general population? |
| title_sort | does personality functioning influence perception of social distance amongst czech students studying in an international university a state university and the general population |
| topic | Personality functioning Level of personality functioning (LPF) Social distance Minority perception Racism expression |
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