Guilt requires self-categorizing as a group member

Evidence

People who care about the group might be more willing to accept a sense of responsibility for the group’s wrongdoing (“WE did it”) and thus feel guiltier or more ashamed of such actions as compared to persons less psychologically attached to the group (Lickel, Schmader, Curtis, Scarnier, & Ames, 2005). — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 20

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Group identification can both enable and block feelings of group-based guilt — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 16; Group identification can simultaneously raise and lower group-based guilt. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 25; Group membership hinges on self-categorization, not interaction frequency or shared goals — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2714 (+11 more)

Related

• Group identification can simultaneously raise and lower group-based guilt. (similarity 0.90)
• High identification with a group suppresses collective guilt, not only enables it. (similarity 0.89)
• Affective group attachment, not mere membership perception, drives non-linear responses to collective guilt (similarity 0.89)
• In-group identification relates to collective guilt in a non-linear fashion. (similarity 0.89)
• Strongly identified group members resist collective guilt more than weakly identified ones. (similarity 0.88)
• Group identification can both enable and block feelings of group-based guilt (similarity 0.88)
• Self-reported guilt is underestimated because guilt implicates one’s own ingroup. (similarity 0.87)
• Highly identified group members resist feeling collective guilt by reinterpreting events (similarity 0.87)
• Categorizing at a broader level diffuses responsibility and lowers collective guilt (similarity 0.87)
• The ingroup’s own suffering suppresses guilt even when it sees itself as responsible (similarity 0.87)
• Self-categorization at group level makes members feel ingroup wrongdoings as their own. (similarity 0.86)
• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs (similarity 0.86)
• Framing attachment around ideals rather than current traits raises group-based guilt. (similarity 0.86)
• Studies conflict on whether high identification predicts more or less guilt (similarity 0.86)
• Group members feel guilt by association without personal responsibility for the harm. (similarity 0.85)

Broader Connections

• Group membership hinges on self-categorization, not interaction frequency or shared goals #corroborates (0.90) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2714
• Group identification can both enable and block feelings of group-based guilt #expands (0.85) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 16
• Group identification can simultaneously raise and lower group-based guilt. #expands (0.85) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 25
• Collective emotions like group anger and guilt arise from ingroup appraisals #expands (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2264