Perceived threats to ingroup values and wealth generate anxiety that fuels prejudice.

Evidence

A third core social motive, also relevant to prejudgment, entails controlling the ingroup’s outcomes by protecting it from dangerous outgroups. A variety of perceived threats to ingroup values and economic status create intergroup anxiety, which fuels prejudice (Duckitt, 2001, ch. 24 this volume; Stephan & Stephan, 2000). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 336

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Perceived cultural-value threats often outweigh economic ones in anti-immigrant bias. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 39; Stereotypes and identification precede threats, whose attitude effects run through emotions. — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup…, 149