Febriana, Sarah Gina (2022) The Relation Between Empathy and Intention of Indonesians to Apologize to Papuans via Group-Based Guilt. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Apologies in intergroup relationships are a means of reaffirming social norms and demonstrating fair treatment of another group. The circumstances that motivate members of the offending group to apologize have thus far, not received a lot of attention in research. Therefore, the present study aimed to examine whether and how empathy influenced non-Papuan Indonesians' intention to apologize for racial discrimination against Papuan Indonesians. We hypothesized that when induced to empathize with Papuan Indonesians, Indonesians would be more likely to apologize because of increased group-based guilt and negative meta-stereotyping. Empathy was induced in a one-factorial design by instructing 325 participants to imagine Papuans' feelings while reading an article about racial discrimination or to read objectively (control group). The study found that the manipulation of empathy was ineffective. We observed that measured empathy predicted intention to apologize via group-based guilt, which provides some support for our hypotheses. However, negative meta-stereotyping did not play a role. Interestingly, the guiltier non-Papuan Indonesians felt, the more they expected Papuan Indonesians to perceive them positively. In mitigating group tension, the current findings suggest the potential prosocial role of empathy in facilitating feelings of guilt amidst growing demands for an apology. Keywords: Empathy; apology intention; group-based guilt; negative meta-stereotyping
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Gordijn, E.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2022 12:25 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Feb 2022 12:25 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/128 |
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