Australian results partly reflect widely rehearsed public guilt-and-apology arguments

Evidence

One point of caution however is warranted. The strength of these links obtained may owe something to the Australian context. The arguments about harm, guilt, and apology have been widely disseminated in popular debate. When Australians endorse or reject the idea of guilt, they are probably also drawing on their knowledge of reasonably well-rehearsed arguments about harm and apology (see Augoustinos & LeCouteur, this volume, Chapter 13). In other countries, there may be less empirical clarity as respondents are more likely to be thinking through their positions as they make their responses. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 823

Categorization

• QUESTION: A methodological caveat worth chasing: does collective-guilt research in contexts with less public rehearsal produce weaker or noisier effects?
• XREF: connects to: Collective guilt correlates strongly with perceived reparation obligations toward Indigenous Australians — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 818; Widely shared collective guilt has produced formal apologies and reparations — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 54; People supporting apology often deny collective guilt and responsibility — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1677 (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Collective guilt correlates strongly with perceived reparation obligations toward Indigenous Australians #corroborates (0.82) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 818
• Collective guilt mediates perception of past wrongdoing and later apology support #corroborates (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 822
• Nation-level reconciliation actions can follow from collective guilt #corroborates (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 78
• Widely shared collective guilt has produced formal apologies and reparations #corroborates (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 54
• Sympathy and moral outrage mobilize reparative action better than guilt does #complicates (0.74) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1752
• People supporting apology often deny collective guilt and responsibility #complicates (0.72) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1677
• Governments respond more to formal legal analysis than to public campaigns #complicates (0.70) — , The Rod and the Child, 8917