Identification mode shapes whether ingroup versus outgroup criticism triggers collective guilt

Evidence

These studies illustrate how the source of disapproval is critical for understanding when low and high identification are likely to elicit collective guilt. When outgroups disapprove of the ingroup’s past behavior, high identification is associated with low levels of guilt. However, when the ingroup disapproves of its own past behavior, this may cause collective guilt in people who identify strongly with their group. When people are less identified with their group, disapproval of the ingroup’s past behavior by one’s own group may be less threatening and result in less collective guilt. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 721

Categorization

• XREF: This source-of-disapproval effect foreshadows how attachment (allowing ingroup self-criticism) versus glorification (denying it) would diverge. — connects to: Group-protective self-interest biases fairness judgments and suppresses collective guilt among the highly identified — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 451; Strong group identification distorts even objective perception of ingroup wrongdoing — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 699; Group source credibility determines whether high identifiers accept versus dismiss negative ingroup history. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 704 (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Group identification can both enable and block feelings of group-based guilt #expands (0.88) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 16
• Type of ingroup association moderates whether collective guilt or shame is evoked #expands (0.82) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 325
• Strongest ingroup identifiers are least likely to feel collective guilt #qualifies (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1170
• Escalating Israeli-Palestinian conflict did not alter how identification modes predict group guilt #corroborates (0.80) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 80
• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs #expands (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2278
• Affective group attachment, not mere membership perception, drives non-linear responses to collective guilt #expands (0.78) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 26
• In-group identification relates to collective guilt in a non-linear fashion. #expands (0.76) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 25
• Collective emotions like group anger and guilt arise from ingroup appraisals #qualifies (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2264
• Ingroup identification reduces collective guilt only when group history is ambiguous. #qualifies (0.74) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 201
• Ingroup identification only predicts bias under specific moderating conditions #qualifies (0.73) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 448