What I think you see is what you get: Influence of prejudice on assimilation to negative meta‐stereotypes among Dutch Moroccan teenagers

Elanor Kamans; Ernestine H. Gordijn; Hilbrand Oldenhuis; Sabine Otten

doi:10.1002/ejsp.593

journal article Jul 07, 2009

What I think you see is what you get: Influence of prejudice on assimilation to negative meta‐stereotypes among Dutch Moroccan teenagers

Elanor Kamans Ernestine H. Gordijn Hilbrand Oldenhuis Sabine Otten

European Journal of Social Psychology Vol. 39 No. 5 pp. 842-851 · Wiley

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Abstract

AbstractThis research examined how Dutch Moroccan teenagers in the Netherlands deal with the negative stereotype that they believe the Dutch have about their group. We hypothesize that Moroccans act in line with this negative image when they are prejudiced against the Dutch and feel personally meta‐stereotyped. A survey study among 88 Dutch Moroccan teenagers revealed that Moroccan teenagers who felt negative about the Dutch and thought that they were personally negatively stereotyped, expressed attitudes in line with this negative “meta‐stereotype.” That is, they act in line with the outgroup's negative image by legitimizing criminality, aggression, loitering teenagers, and Muslim extremism. These findings suggest that being confronted with a negative stereotype about one's group might sometimes lead to a reaction that is both harmful for the stereotyped group as well as society in general. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Published: Jul 07, 2009
Vol/Issue: 39(5)
Pages: 842-851
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University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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Elanor Kamans, Ernestine H. Gordijn, Hilbrand Oldenhuis, et al. (2009). What I think you see is what you get: Influence of prejudice on assimilation to negative meta‐stereotypes among Dutch Moroccan teenagers. European Journal of Social Psychology, 39(5), 842-851. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.593

What I think you see is what you get: Influence of prejudice on assimilation to negative meta‐stereotypes among Dutch Moroccan teenagers

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