Abstract
Much of the psychological literature in the field of intergroup relations generalizes from investigations conducted with a limited number of ethnic minorities. This study attempts to derive a measure of general ethnocentrism, and compares this with individuals' expressed attitudes toward a nonethnic minority group, the physically disabled. Physically disabled persons are often targets of interpersonal and intergroup prejudice and constitute a minority outgroup rarely investigated. 4 dimensions of ethnocentrism: race, religion, nationality, and socioeconomic class, as well as 13 specific groups, were the targets of similar attitudinal expressions. Individuals who expressed ethnocentrism toward 1 specific minority group, or on 1 intergroup dimension, expressed similar attitudes toward other groups and dimensions. Moreover, individuals who manifested high ethnocentrism, or high rejection of outgroups, also expressed rejection of the physically disabled. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)