Abstract
The aim of the present study is to assess attitudes of citizens of Qazvin City towards Afghan migrants using the factor analysis technique and the Bogardus Social Distance Scale. The data were collected via a questionnaire distributed among a sample size as 384 participants. Then, the collected data were analyzed via SPSS-23 and the factor analysis technique. As a result, 30 indices were summarized by factor analysis and reduced into 7 factors presented in combinatorial meaningful factors. The contribution of each factor affecting the attitudes of citizens of Qazvin City towards Afghan refugees using the mentioned technique. The research findings indicated that those 7 factors generally explain 60.21% of the citizens’ attitudes towards Afghan migrants. The results obtained from the Bogardus Social Distance Scale showed that citizens of Qazvin City have no positive attitudes towards Afghans with the mean scores of negative answers with 77.66%. This issue indicates a great social distance between Afghan refugees and the research population.
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