Group identification can simultaneously raise and lower group-based guilt.

Evidence

We propose that the inconsistencies found in past research on the relationship of identification and group-based guilt reflect the complex effects of identification, which cannot be detected with a unidimensional approach. More specifically, we propose, in light of the identification-guilt paradox, that identification with a group simultaneously increases and decreases the propensity toward group-based guilt. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 25

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly supports the reader’s thesis: identification operates in two opposing directions (toward guilt and away from it), which is the foundational premise for why attachment and glorification must be separated.
• XREF: connects to: Identification relates to collective guilt along a nonlinear inverted-U curve. — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 15; Guilt requires self-categorizing as a group member — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 20; In-group identification relates to collective guilt in a non-linear fashion. — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 25 (+21 more)

Related

• Group identification can both enable and block feelings of group-based guilt (similarity 0.97)
• High identification with a group suppresses collective guilt, not only enables it. (similarity 0.95)
• In-group identification relates to collective guilt in a non-linear fashion. (similarity 0.95)
• Affective group attachment, not mere membership perception, drives non-linear responses to collective guilt (similarity 0.94)
• Studies conflict on whether high identification predicts more or less guilt (similarity 0.94)
• Framing attachment around ideals rather than current traits raises group-based guilt. (similarity 0.93)
• Attachment to the in-group predicts guilt while glorification predicts defensiveness (similarity 0.92)
• Identification relates to collective guilt along a nonlinear inverted-U curve. (similarity 0.92)
• Guilt grows monotonically harder to feel as identification strengthens (similarity 0.91)
• Strongly identified group members resist collective guilt more than weakly identified ones. (similarity 0.91)
• Critical attachment produces guilt through refusing to exonerate the group (similarity 0.91)
• Glorification predicts exonerating cognitions that blunt group-based guilt. (similarity 0.90)
• Guilt requires self-categorizing as a group member (similarity 0.90)
• Critical attachment primes stronger group-based guilt than conventional attachment. (similarity 0.90)
• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs (similarity 0.90)

Broader Connections

• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs #expands (0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2278
• Strongest ingroup identifiers are least likely to feel collective guilt #corroborates (0.85) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1170
• Highly identified group members resist feeling collective guilt by reinterpreting events #expands (0.85) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2278
• Affective group attachment, not mere membership perception, drives non-linear responses to collective guilt #expands (0.82) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 26
• Attachment to the in-group predicts guilt while glorification predicts defensiveness #qualifies (0.82) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 7
• In-group glorification drives justification of wrongdoings while attachment drives guilt #expands (0.80) — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 49
• Critical attachment primes stronger group-based guilt than conventional attachment. #exemplifies (0.80) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 113
• Framing attachment around ideals rather than current traits raises group-based guilt. #qualifies (0.78) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 128
• Glorification predicts exonerating cognitions that blunt group-based guilt. #corroborates (0.75) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 48