Collective guilt and shame drive conflict-attenuating behaviors, not just inner feelings.

Evidence

In summary, feelings of collective guilt and shame are not merely reactions that have private intrapsychic consequences for self-worth. These feelings may also be functionally linked to behavioral motivations that operate to attenuate intergroup conflict by reducing the extent to which a harmed outgroup is motivated to engage in collective retaliation. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 366

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Guilt motivates prosocial behaviors that mend damaged relationships. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 456; Collective guilt can spur creating new just relationships, not only compensating past wrongs — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 567; Collective guilt functions adaptively by motivating reparation and preventing repeated intergroup conflict — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 87 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Collective guilt causally links attitudes to political behavior rather than being epiphenomenal #corroborates (0.88) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 822
• Collective guilt predicts reparative motivation while collective shame predicts distancing. #expands (0.85) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 346
• Ongoing conflict frames ingroup guilt as unaffordable luxury and betrayal #complicates (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 989
• Conflict escalation lowers group-based guilt and raises exonerating cognitions over time. #complicates (0.76) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 87
• Affective group attachment, not mere membership perception, drives non-linear responses to collective guilt #qualifies (0.75) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 26
• Asymmetric violence plus segregated contact plausibly drives rejection of collective guilt #complicates (0.75) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 162
• Multiple expiation routes make collective guilt’s consequences nonlinear and complex #complicates (0.72) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 824