Direct war victims rarely accept collective guilt for group atrocities.

Evidence

Several studies have shown that collective guilt acceptance is particularly rare among direct victims of war (e.g., Hewstone et al. 2004, 2006; Myers, Hewstone, and Cairns 2009). — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 20

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Heavier regional war victimization raises acceptance of collective guilt. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 109; Guilt rejection is not an unavoidable reaction to collective victimization. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 151; Communal war exposure, not personal victimization, drives collective guilt acceptance — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 2 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Heavier regional war victimization raises acceptance of collective guilt. #contradicts (0.85) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 109
• Communal war exposure, not personal victimization, drives collective guilt acceptance #contradicts (0.85) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 2
• Collective victimization typically suppresses acceptance of collective guilt #expands (0.85) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 8
• Reminders of past victimization suppress a group’s collective guilt for its own current harmdoing. #expands (0.85) — Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Michelle Sinayobye Twali, Emotion-Based Reconciliation Requires…, 44
• Guilt rejection is not an unavoidable reaction to collective victimization. #expands (0.80) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 151
• War guilt acceptance depends more on regional than personal exposure. #contradicts (0.80) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 107
• Guilt acceptance is rooted in communal not national shared victimization. #contradicts (0.75) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 127
• People exposed only to state-controlled victimhood narratives deny in-group responsibility #exemplifies (0.75) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 21
• Reluctance to accept guilt rises where wartime atrocities and economic hardship both occurred #qualifies (0.70) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 126