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Taking Seriously Ingroup Self-Evaluation, Meta-Prejudice, and Prejudice in Analyzing Interreligious Relations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Idhamsyah Eka Putra
Idhamsyah Eka Putra*
Affiliation:
Persada Indonesia University (Indonesia)
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*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Idhamsyah Eka Putra. Persada Indonesia University. YAI. Jl. Diponegoro No. 74. 10340. Jakarta Pusat (Indonesia). E-mail: Idhamsyah_Ekaputra@gmail.com
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Abstract

The present study aims to understand the conditions where prejudice can be predicted by ingroup and outgroup meta-prejudice. The data collecting was disseminated toward Muslim and Christian participants (N = 362) living in Maumere, Flores Island, Indonesia. In Flores, Christianity is the largest religion and Islam is the second. Across two samples, the effects of ingroup and outgroup meta-prejudice on prejudice were found to be moderated by ingroup self-evaluation. It shows that at high level (but not low) of positive ingroup self-evaluation, ingroup and outgroup meta-prejudice were found to predict prejudice. The results suggest that it is important to consider how group members evaluate their own group and how group members think what others are thinking, in the study pertaining to intergroup relations.

Keywords

intergroup relationsgroup evaluationsmeta-knowledgeprejudice
Type
Research Article
Information
The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 19 , 2016 , E46
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2016 

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