Studying The Impact of Perceived Threat on Multicultural Acceptance: Examining The Moderating Effect of Multicultural Education

This study analyzed the impact of perceived threat, a major psychological factor that threatens the integration of multicultural societies, on multicultural acceptance based on realistic conflict theory and analyzed the moderating effect of multicultural education experience on the relationship between perceived threat and multicultural acceptance. For this purpose, statistical analysis was conducted on 5,000 general adults using the 2021 National Multicultural Acceptance Survey. The results of the analysis showed that perceived threat has a significant negative effect on multicultural acceptance, while multicultural education has a significant positive effect on multicultural acceptance. In addition, multicultural education has a moderating effect that ‘mitigates’ the negative effect of perceived threat on multicultural acceptance. This study is important in that it reveals that perceived threat and acceptance vary by occupational group and provides important implications for policy actions to promote multiculturalism.