Glorification and attachment separately predict reactions to national misdeeds

Evidence

We used a two-mode conceptualization of identification in which identification with the national group is composed of glorification of the national group and attachment to it, two partially overlapping tendencies. We found that these two modes of identification were indeed positively related with each other. We also found that glorification of the national group was positively associated with the use of exonerating cognitions and negatively associated with experiencing group-based guilt. Attachment to the national group, however, showed a different pattern of results. Before controlling for glorification (i.e., in the zero-order correlations), attachment was positively related to the use of exonerating cognitions and unrelated to group-based guilt. But when glorification was controlled for (in the SEM analyses), attachment switched to become negatively related to exonerating cognitions and positively related to group-based guilt. Thus being attached to the national group (when glorification is controlled for) increases rather than decreases group-based guilt. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 90

Categorization

• XREF: Core foundational source for the reader’s attachment-vs-glorification research — this is the distinction at the heart of their project. — connects to: Attachment to the in-group and glorification predict opposite reactions to one’s group’s moral violations. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 2; Glorification means national in-group superiority and deference to its symbols and rules. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 35; National attachment and glorification are independent modes of identification. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 40 (+9 more)
• DEFINE: Establishes the operational distinction: glorification predicts exonerating cognitions and defends against guilt; attachment (glorification partialled out) predicts guilt and rejects exonerating cognitions.
• QUESTION: The suppression effect — attachment’s zero-order correlation flips sign once glorification is partialled out — is a striking statistical phenomenon worth chasing in the reader’s own theorizing about when attachment tips into glorification.

Related

• Attachment to the in-group and glorification predict opposite reactions to one’s group’s moral violations. (similarity 0.94)
• Glorification predicts defensive denial of the in-group’s moral violations. (similarity 0.94)
• Glorification predicts exonerating cognitions that blunt group-based guilt. (similarity 0.93)
• Attachment to the in-group predicts guilt while glorification predicts defensiveness (similarity 0.93)
• Attachment and glorification form two distinct latent factors (similarity 0.92)
• Controlling for glorification reveals attachment’s true link to group guilt. (similarity 0.92)
• National attachment and glorification are independent modes of identification. (similarity 0.91)
• Glorification means national in-group superiority and deference to its symbols and rules. (similarity 0.90)
• Attachment and glorification positively correlate as shared group identification. (similarity 0.90)
• Glorification’s correlation to attachment suppresses attachment’s observable effects. (similarity 0.90)
• In-group glorification but not attachment predicts justifying harm against out-groups (similarity 0.89)
• Glorification enables moral disengagement while attachment resists in-group wrongdoing justification. (similarity 0.89)
• In-group glorification drives justification of wrongdoings while attachment drives guilt (similarity 0.89)
• Attachment and glorification are distinct facets of national identification. (similarity 0.88)
• Attachment to country is one component of national identification (similarity 0.87)

Broader Connections

• Attachment to the in-group predicts guilt while glorification predicts defensiveness #corroborates (1.00) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 7
• In-group glorification but not attachment predicts justifying harm against out-groups #corroborates (0.92) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2115
• Glorification enables moral disengagement while attachment resists in-group wrongdoing justification. #corroborates (0.90) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 138
• In-group glorification drives justification of wrongdoings while attachment drives guilt #corroborates (0.88) — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 49
• Attachment and glorification are distinct facets of national identification. #expands (0.80) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 142
• Attachment and glorification positively correlate as shared group identification. #qualifies (0.75) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 39