High identifiers experience more collective guilt when reparation importance outweighs perceived costs.

Evidence

Importantly, however, this perspective also suggests that when the importance of making reparations is sufficiently high, then high identifiers could be more likely to experience collective guilt than low identifiers (Doosje et al., this volume, Chapter 6). This reversal in who would experience collective guilt most would be expected because when the costs of reparations do not exceed the point at which they outweigh the importance of making reparations, the costs will be a greater deterrent to collective guilt in high identifiers than in low identifiers. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 587

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Collective guilt follows an inverted-U curve peaking when reparations require moderate effort. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 574; Guilt is maximized when reparation costs are moderate or uncertain. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 580; High group identifiers weigh ingroup costs of reparations more heavily than low identifiers. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 587 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Group identification can simultaneously raise and lower group-based guilt. #expands (0.82) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 25
• High group identifiers weigh ingroup costs of reparations more heavily than low identifiers. #qualifies (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 587