Ingroup identification reduces collective guilt only when group history is ambiguous.

Evidence

We also assessed the degree to which our White participants identified with their racial group using a five-item scale (e.g., “I believe that White people have a lot to be proud of”; “I am not embarrassed to admit that I am White”; see Branscombe et al., 2003). Because those who identify more strongly with their own racial group might be more inclined to justify their ingroup’s position vis a vis the disadvantaged group, high identifiers could be expected to report less collective guilt than those who are low in White identification. Doosje et al. (1998) found that ingroup identification and collective guilt were significantly negatively correlated only when there was ambiguity in the group history information that was presented, which presumably allowed for group-justifying processes to operate. Although the relationship between collective guilt acceptance and White identification was negative in our sample, it only approached significance, and the correlations with the other two subscales did not differ from zero. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 201

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Group source credibility determines whether high identifiers accept versus dismiss negative ingroup history. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 704; Identification mode shapes whether ingroup versus outgroup criticism triggers collective guilt — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 721; Lower group identification predicts more collective guilt and stronger reparation advocacy — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 724 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Group identification can both enable and block feelings of group-based guilt #expands (0.82) — 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 (0.80) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 25
• Strongest ingroup identifiers are least likely to feel collective guilt #qualifies (0.78) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1170
• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs #expands (0.76) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2278
• Ingroup identification only predicts bias under specific moderating conditions #expands (0.74) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 448
• In-group identification relates to collective guilt in a non-linear fashion. #qualifies (0.72) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 25
• Ingroup identity salience is historically contingent, not psychologically fixed #qualifies (0.71) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2191