Contact predicts forgiveness only for Catholics, while ingroup identification inhibits it only for Protestants
Evidence
We regressed forgiveness on all the predictors simultaneously, computing separate equations for Catholic and Protestant respondents. Explained variance was quite good for Catholics (R2 = .23) and especially Protestants (R2 = .41). The strongest positive predictors of forgiveness were outgroup trust, outgroup perspective-taking, and outgroup attitude; for Protestants only, ingroup identification was a negative predictor. The measure of intergroup contact (outgroup friends) was only a significant predictor of forgiveness for Catholics (although this form Table 5. — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 84
Categorization
- XREF: Directly addresses the reader’s asymmetry question: contact matters for forgiveness only among Catholics, and ingroup identification only suppresses forgiveness among Protestants — relevant to attachment-vs-glorification trajectories differing by group status/history. — connects to: Intergroup contact predicts forgiveness-related attitudes even in those who suffered sectarian conflict. — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 2; Ingroup identification predicts less forgiveness only among the higher-status group — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 105; Outgroup friendship contact correlates with forgiveness, trust, and perspective-taking across both religious groups — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 83 (+1 more)
- QUESTION: Why is ingroup identification a negative predictor of forgiveness only for Protestants, the group higher in status? Does this map onto attachment converting to glorification under different conditions for majority vs minority groups?
Related
- Outgroup friendship contact correlates with forgiveness, trust, and perspective-taking across both religious groups (similarity 0.91)
- Intergroup contact predicts forgiveness-related attitudes even in those who suffered sectarian conflict. (similarity 0.89)
- Ingroup identification predicts less forgiveness only among the higher-status group (similarity 0.88)
- Outgroup friendship may predict forgiveness toward that outgroup (similarity 0.88)
- Direct suffering within conflict suppresses forgiveness, but friendship contact still promotes it (similarity 0.82)
- Intergroup contact most strongly and reliably predicts willingness to mix with the outgroup (similarity 0.80)
- Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens — Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and Experience of “The Troubles” in Northern Ireland (similarity 0.79)
- Measurement instrument choice drastically changes forgiveness findings (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Ingroup identification predicts less forgiveness only among the higher-status group
#qualifies(0.85) — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 105 - Outgroup friendship may predict forgiveness toward that outgroup
#corroborates(0.85) — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 73 - Outgroup friendship contact correlates with forgiveness, trust, and perspective-taking across both religious groups
#qualifies(0.80) — Miles Hewstone and Ed Cairns and Alberto Voci and Juergen Hamberger and Ulrike Niens, Intergroup Contact, Forgiveness, and…, 83