ABSTRACT
The study aims to reveal the effect of belief in a conspiracy on hatred toward the Chinese in Indonesia. The sampling technique in this study used convenience sampling with 362 research participants. They are Indonesian citizens aged at least 18 years. The instruments in this study are the Scale of Beliefs in Jewish Conspiracy Theory that modified to belief in Chinese Conspiracy and the scale of Group-Based Hatred. Meanwhile, the data retrieval method used in this study is a Likert scale with a simple linear regression test. Results of studies show that beliefs in conspiracy theories have a significant influence on hatred in ethnic Chinese (r = 0.465). According to the explanation that has been described, it can be concluded that the emergence of hatred towards ethnic Chinese is due to the belief in conspiracies which then encourage individuals to have prejudices, then high prejudices against other people or groups will cause hatred.
