Collective guilt predicts reparative motivation while collective shame predicts distancing.

Evidence

Consistent with our model, feelings of collective guilt and shame predicted very different behavioral responses. Feelings of collective guilt predicted a desire to make reparations for the ingroup member’s bad behavior, and did not predict a distancing response. However, feelings of collective shame strongly predicted a desire to distance oneself from the blameworthy event, but were not at all predictive of a reparative response. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 346

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Widely shared collective guilt has produced formal apologies and reparations — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 54; Acknowledging group privilege triggers guilt that motivates reparative policy support — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 426; Collective guilt motivates repair and compensation just as personal guilt does — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 564 (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Collective guilt can be functional by motivating reparative action #expands (0.92) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 229
• Guilt motivates corrective actions while shame triggers defensive reactions to inequality #corroborates (0.90) — Janet K. Swim and Deborah L. Miller, White Guilt, 137
• Lower group identification predicts more collective guilt and stronger reparation advocacy #corroborates (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 724