Does Experience with War Cultivate Empathy or Antipathy Towards Asylum Seekers? The Case of South Korea

• In Event: Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Refugees

Brief Overview

Does experience with war cultivate empathy or antipathy towards asylum-seekers? We find that those who experienced war but are not refugees, are more anti-refugee, and resistant to perspective-taking messages than those with no memory of conflict.

Authors

• Jean Ji Yeon Hong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

• Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, University of California, Berkeley