Emotions can be felt on behalf of one’s ingroup, not only as individuals

Evidence

From this perspective, emotions can be group-level as well as individual-level phenomena. The distinction between the group-based and individual emotion approaches is analogous to the distinction drawn by Runciman (1966) and others between “fraternal” (group-based) and individual or “egoistic” relative deprivation – the sense that one’s group in society or oneself as an individual has relatively poorer outcomes compared to other groups or individuals. From this group-based, perspective, emotion can arise because of group belonging, and thus emotions can be group-level as well as individual-level phenomena. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2261 (#expands, via linked claim)

Yzerbyt and his colleagues (Yzerbyt, Dumont, Gordijn, & Wigboldus, 2002) showed that when a particular self-categorization is salient, people experience emotional reactions to events that affect other ingroup members – even if the events have no direct effect on the perceiver personally. Participants read about an event that harmed another person with whom they shared one group membership (a fellow psychology student) but differed on another (a student at a rival university). Only when a subtle manipulation made their common group membership with the victim salient did participants experience anger and unhappiness, reactions based on the collective self (group membership) shared with the victim. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2266 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Intergroup Emotions Theory holds that group-based emotions are generated by this appraisal process, in exactly the same way as individual emotions are generated by appraisals of objects or events that impinge on the individual self (Frijda, 1986; Roseman, 1984). For example, if someone who thinks of himself or herself as a group member perceives that the ingroup is threatened by an outgroup’s goals or actions and believes that the ingroup is strong, he or she may experience group-based anger (Mackie et al., 2000). Consequently the individual may desire to attack or confront the outgroup. Group-based emotions may be directed at the ingroup as well. For example, people may feel collective pride if they see their group as responsible for an important accomplishment, or collective guilt if they appraise their group as having violated important moral principles (Doosje, Branscombe, Spears, & Manstead, 1998). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2264 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Emotion overturns individuated structures only through communal resonance. — Yves Citton, The Ecology of Attention, 273; An event’s personal self-implication, not group blame itself, determines which emotion arises. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 292; Emotions can belong to groups rather than only to individuals — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2261 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• Emotions can belong to groups rather than only to individuals #expands (0.97) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2261
• Shared group membership alone can trigger emotional reactions to others’ harm #corroborates (0.95) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2266
• Collective emotions like group anger and guilt arise from ingroup appraisals #exemplifies (0.92) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2264