Ethnic Identity and Other-group orientation on Javanese and Chinese Students

Abstract

Ethnic identity is an important component of the self-concept, which contributes to the formation of attitudes toward other groups. The current study focuses on Javanese and Chinese as two ethnic groups who are majority and minorities in Indonesia, purpose to investigate the direct and indirect effect between ethnic identity and othergroup orientation moderated by ethnicity. The multi-group ethnic identity measure (MEIM) was administered to 300 high school students (Javanese students N= 157; Chinese students, N= 143) and analyzed using Hayes PROCESS software. The results show that ethnic identity and ethnicity have direct effect on other-group orientation. Ethnicity also has significant effect as a moderator. These findings have implication to development guidance and counseling programs and improve other-group orientation on Javanese and Chinese students.

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