Collective victimhood drives revenge more than reconciliation in both groups

Evidence

Hindu reaction of revenge was predicted better as interactions of collective victimhood and FRD with their respective negative emotions explained an additional 10 per cent of variance. The effects of collective victimhood and FRD, thus, got modified through negative emotions such that stronger revenge reactions followed in the presence of high collective victimhood and high FRD and strongly experienced negative emotions. On the other hand, the same predictors were less efficacious in the prediction of reconciliation. This, perhaps, was due to the reason that their role was less in bringing about reconciliation than in causing revenge. Collective victimhood was the only predictor that was found significant for both Hindus and Muslims. — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 128

Categorization

• XREF: Direct empirical companion to the reader’s weak-identity/accountability-evasion inquiry - here victimhood operating through negative emotions to amplify revenge. — connects to: Collective blame drives vicarious retribution spirals that escalate intergroup conflict. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 351; Satisfying identity needs of victims and perpetrators facilitates reconciliation across groups. — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations:…, 94; Competitive victimhood serves opposite identity needs for victims versus perpetrator groups. — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations:…, 122 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Collective victimhood predicts revenge reactions independent of its associated emotions. #expands (0.95) — R. C. Tripathi, R. Kumar, and V. N. Tripathi, When the Advantaged Feel Victimised, 54
• Narrated victimhood, not raw emotion, drives revenge among the advantaged group. #expands (0.85)