Collective guilt acceptance is a validated measure mediating inequality salience and reparations

Evidence

Indeed, the collective guilt acceptance items have been employed as a reliable dependent measure in a variety of subsequent experimental studies demonstrating that collective guilt acceptance mediates the effects of saliency of past and present inequality on attitudes toward the harmed group and willingness to make reparations to that group (e.g., Doosje et al., 1998; Powell, Branscombe, & Schmitt, 2003). Collective guilt acceptance depends on accepting responsibility for the harm done and perceiving the inequality between the groups as unjustified (Branscombe & Miron, 2004). — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 148

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Accepting collective guilt can motivate building a more inclusive moral identity. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 58; Collective guilt mediates the link between perceived injustice and policy endorsement. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 460; Psychological equity restoration can shift blame onto disadvantaged groups and motivate counter-restoration — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 469 (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Collective guilt predicts reparative motivation while collective shame predicts distancing. #expands (0.82) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 346
• Collective guilt can be functional by motivating reparative action #expands (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 229
• Guilt motivates corrective actions while shame triggers defensive reactions to inequality #expands (0.80) — Janet K. Swim and Deborah L. Miller, White Guilt, 137
• Perceived group responsibility for inequity produces collective guilt #expands (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 441
• Reparation difficulty has an inverted-U effect on collective guilt #qualifies (0.76) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 70
• The perceived cost of reparations functions as a rhetorical deterrent to feeling guilt #qualifies (0.75) — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 79
• Collective victimization typically suppresses acceptance of collective guilt #complicates (0.74) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 8