The Impact of Perceived Perspective‐Taking on Stigma Reduction Against an Ex‐Terrorist

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ID6434249
AutoresAli Mashuri (0000-0001-6543-8634, Department of Psychology Universitas Brawijaya Indonesia), Ilhamuddin, Ilhamuddin Ilhamuddin (0009-0005-9919-9703, Department of Psychology Universitas Brawijaya Indonesia), Esti Zaduqisti (0000-0001-8318-0577, Postgraduate Programs in Social Science Universitas Brawijaya Indonesia), Naomi Orly Clarecia Dulci Bella (Department of Psychology Universitas Brawijaya Indonesia)
Año2025
Volumen35
Número4
Fecha de publicación2025-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/casp.70116
OpenAlexW4410934223
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas116

In this work, we aimed to assess the role of a former terrorist's acceptance of society's concerns over an extraordinary crime of terrorism, termed perceived perspective‐taking, in alleviating stigma against the ex‐terrorist among a sample of Indonesian citizens. A correlational survey in Study 1 ( N = 256) revealed that stigma positively corresponded with discrimination against an ex‐terrorist, suggesting the urgency of finding a strategy to tackle the stigma. Study 2 ( N = 786) showed that perceived perspective‐taking was significantly and negatively correlated with such stigma. Study 3 ( N = 1173) was an experiment confirming the effect of perceived perspective‐taking in reducing participants' stigma against an ex‐terrorist. Study 4 ( N = 524) extended Study 3, showing that participants' feelings of hope for the reintegration of an ex‐terrorist significantly mediated the effect of perceived perspective‐taking in reducing stigma. Another finding in Study 4 revealed that low levels of self‐other overlap, more so than high levels of self‐other overlap, strengthened the effect of perceived perspective‐taking in reducing stigma. Overall, these empirical findings highlight the importance of an ex‐terrorist's ability to empathise with society's perspectives, which may help foster positive views of society members towards the ex‐terrorist

Criminology · Economics · Ex-ante · Keynesian economics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Psychiatry · Reduction (mathematics · Stigma (botany · Terrorism · Computer Science · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence · Artificial Intelligence