Connections between Attitudes towards Muslims, Meta-Prejudices and Religion-Related Factors among Finnish Christian Background Youth

Finland, traditionally characterised as a Christian country, is becoming increasingly more culturally, religiously, and ethnically diverse, which invites investigation on intergroup relations. This study examines the connections between attitudes towards Muslims, meta-prejudice—the ingroup’s expectations of outgroup’s negative evaluations ingroup—and religion-related factors among Finnish Christian-background youth (N = 140). I analysed survey data, gathered in 2019 2020, by scrutinising distributions, descriptive statistics, statistical inferences (Spearman’s RHO, p-value). Most participants (73%) hold positive attitude Muslims. There were no differences groups different religiosities. Prejudiced background youths likely to expect Muslims evaluate Christians negatively. However, fairly over half thought that Cross-faith friendships knowing religiously others through one’s parents are connected pro-Muslim attitude. The findings discussed from societal standpoint social psychology perspective reducing prejudice.