Collective guilt follows unrepentant perceived wrongdoing and motivates repair

Evidence

The core model of collective guilt rests upon the idea that collective guilt is a real phenomenon that has psychological causes and effects. Perceived wrongdoing that has not been repaired makes people feel bad; these negative feelings motivate people to do something to correct the wrongdoing. Action can take many forms, but acknowledging fault by apologizing and seeking forgiveness would seem to be at the heart of the matter. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 817

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Collective guilt is felt when the self’s group illegitimately harmed another group — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 0; Widely shared collective guilt has produced formal apologies and reparations — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 54; Guilt motivates prosocial behaviors that mend damaged relationships. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 456 (+19 more)

Broader Connections

• Collective guilt can be functional by motivating reparative action #corroborates (0.90) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 229
• Collective guilt requires admitting in-group responsibility and spurs reparations #corroborates (0.88) — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 65
• Collective guilt mediates perception of past wrongdoing and later apology support #corroborates (0.85) — 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
• Guilt motivates corrective actions while shame triggers defensive reactions to inequality #expands (0.82) — Janet K. Swim and Deborah L. Miller, White Guilt, 137
• Perceiving a group’s wrongdoing as situationally justifiable blocks collective guilt #qualifies (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 297
• Collective guilt and collective shame are distinct reactions with different appraisal triggers #qualifies (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 322
• People are capable of feeling collective guilt for their groups’ wrongs #expands (0.75) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 372
• Collective guilt peaks at moderate rather than low or high reparation difficulty #complicates (0.75) — Michael T. Schmitt, Daniel A. Miller, Nyla R. Branscombe, and Jack W. Brehm, The Difficulty of Making Reparations…, 4
• Reparation difficulty has an inverted-U effect on collective guilt #complicates (0.75) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 70
• In-group glorification drives justification of wrongdoings while attachment drives guilt #qualifies (0.75) — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 49
• The source of disapproval reverses who feels most collective guilt #complicates (0.72) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 721