Collectivist frames cushion the psychological toll of organized intergroup violence.

Evidence

Because collectivism provides a ready explanation for intergroup conflict and its consequences, maintaining a collectivist frame provides coherence and reduces stress when organized violence occurs. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide, 1034

Categorization

• QUESTION: Does the same coherence-providing frame that reduces individual stress also lower the cost of perpetrating violence against outgroups? Worth chasing into Glick’s scapegoating argument.
• XREF: connects to: Collectivist self-definition buffers individual distress while amplifying shared family trauma. — Leonard S. Newman and Ralph Erber (eds.), Understanding Genocide: The Social…, 1034; Victimized groups show mental health equal to nonvictimized groups — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1060

Broader Connections

• Victimized groups show mental health equal to nonvictimized groups #corroborates (0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1060