Mild group identifiers feel guilty when harm is distant and done by others

Evidence

For lower identifiers we argued that taking the perspective of the perpetrator group would result in relatively strong feelings of collective guilt, because their lower identification leads them to be more detached about their group’s harmful actions. However, this tendency among lower identifiers may have been enhanced by the fact that the behavior of the Dutch took place more than fifty years ago during World War II. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1069

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Admitting group immorality is easier when it does not reflect on the group today — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1069; Guilt differences between high and low identifiers emerge only on ambiguous history — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 695; 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 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Strongest ingroup identifiers are least likely to feel collective guilt #complicates (0.85) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1170
• Group identification can simultaneously raise and lower group-based guilt. #qualifies (0.80) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 25