Collective guilt motivates repair and compensation just as personal guilt does

Evidence

At the personal level, guilt resulting from an individual’s wrongdoing appears to motivate people to repair the harm done (Frijda, 1986), to apologize or accept punishment for wrongdoing (Roseman, Wiest, & Swartz, 1994), and to compensate the victims of one’s immoral acts (Baumeister, Stillwell, & Heatherton, 1994; Niedenthal, Tangney, & Gavanski, 1994). … Dutch students who experienced guilt about their country’s exploitation of Indonesia were more likely than those who did not feel guilty to support financial compensation to the Indonesian government (Doosje et al., 1998). Similarly, guilt induced by perceptions of racial inequality motivates European-Americans to support compensatory affirmative action (Branscombe, Slugoski, & Kappen, this volume, Chapter 2; Iyer, Leach, & Pedersen, this volume, Chapter 14; Swim & Miller, 1999). — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 564

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Guilt motivates prosocial behaviors that mend damaged relationships. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 456; Whites feeling collective guilt may attempt actual compensation or partial reparation to restore equity — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 470; Collective guilt follows unrepentant perceived wrongdoing and motivates repair — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 817 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Collective guilt follows unrepentant perceived wrongdoing and motivates repair #corroborates (0.92) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 817
• Collective guilt can be functional by motivating reparative action #expands (0.90) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 229
• Collective guilt functions adaptively by motivating reparation and preventing repeated intergroup conflict #expands (0.88) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 87
• 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 predicts reparative motivation while collective shame predicts distancing. #corroborates (0.85) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 346
• Acknowledging collective misdeeds only motivates repair when guilt, not shame, is evoked. #qualifies (0.82) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 347
• Personal guilt arises from internal attributions for controllable harmful outcomes #expands (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 144