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Xenophobia is the excessive fear, dislike, and even hostility toward of anything “foreign” or to anything and anybody from outside one’s own social group, nation, or country (Hjerm, 1998, 2009; McEvoy, 1995; Orenstein, 1985). Xenophobia index is designed to measure the degree to which a respondent is xenophobic. The index presents a ranking of xenophobia on countries’ levels, it is calculated from the acceptance or rejection of the “foreigners,” and it varies as percentages (1–100 %) or, in some cases, on a range from 0 to 5. The higher the value of the index, the higher is the respondent’s level of xenophobia.
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The word “xenophobia” comes from the composite Greek word “ξενοφοβíα” with two components: the first component is “xenos” (ξένος) that means “foreigner,” and the second one is “phovos” (φóβος) and it means “fear.” Xenophobia has many expressions and varies among the...
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Philippas, D. (2014). Xenophobia. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3296
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