Group-level guilt acceptance does not track actual violence exposure directly

Evidence

While we have examined the types of violence on the communal level, our results further indicate the importance of the broader societal context. In particular, after controlling for relevant individualand communal-level predictors, respondents from Kosovo and ethnic Macedonians from Macedonia show the lowest levels of collective guilt acceptance. This suggests that at the group or societal level, the average acceptance of collective guilt might not be directly linked to the actual exposure to violence. For example, Bosniak respondents from Bosnia and Herzegovina show significantly stronger collective guilt acceptance than ethnic Macedonian respondents, although they were exposed to war victimization six times more, on average. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 161

Categorization

• XREF: Relates to the reader’s survey-data interest: societal context apparently matters more than direct war exposure in predicting collective guilt acceptance, complicating the exposure hypothesis. — connects to: Communal war exposure, not personal victimization, drives collective guilt acceptance — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 2; Collective victimization typically suppresses acceptance of collective guilt — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 8; Directly experienced violence promotes collective guilt acceptance more than mediated narratives do. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 37 (+2 more)
• QUESTION: What societal or interpretative factors drive Kosovars and ethnic Macedonians to the lowest guilt acceptance despite context matters — history, identity narratives, framing of victim/aggressor roles?

Broader Connections

• Experiencing symmetric intergroup violence predicts greater acceptance of one’s group’s collective guilt. #complicates (0.82) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 37
• Asymmetric violence plus segregated contact plausibly drives rejection of collective guilt #qualifies (0.75) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 162