Outgroup disapproval yields low guilt in high identifiers, while ingroup self-criticism reverses this

Evidence

Overall, the results confirmed the hypotheses outlined by Doosje et al. (2003). The significant interaction between ingroup identification and source of disapproval was replicated. Specifically, when the non-involved outgroup (i.e., Americans) was said to disapprove of the Dutch actions, there was a negative relation between identification and guilt such that high identification was associated with lower levels of guilt. This pattern was also apparent when the Indonesian population was the source of the negative evaluation and when participants did not receive any evaluation at all (control condition), although in both of these conditions the negative relation between identification and guilt was weak. The pattern was different, however, when the ingroup (the Dutch) was the source of disapproval. Here, Rem et al. (2002) observed a positive, but weak, relation between identification and guilt. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 720

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Doosje/Branscombe work on identification and collective guilt; the interaction of identification with source of disapproval is the empirical core of the glorification-vs-attachment asymmetry the reader seeks. — connects to: Lower national identification predicts more collective guilt and reparation support; higher identification predicts less. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 689; High national identification blocks acceptance of the group’s immoral history; low attachment enables it. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 688; Strongest ingroup identifiers are least likely to feel collective guilt — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1170 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• The source of disapproval reverses who feels most collective guilt #expands (0.90) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 721
• Identification mode shapes whether ingroup versus outgroup criticism triggers collective guilt #expands (0.88) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 721
• Strongest ingroup identifiers are least likely to feel collective guilt #corroborates (0.85) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1170
• High identification with a group suppresses collective guilt, not only enables it. #corroborates (0.83) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 63
• 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
• Group identification can both enable and block feelings of group-based guilt #expands (0.80) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 16
• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs #expands (0.78) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2278
• The nature of in-group identification moderates people’s reactions to their group’s harm of others. #expands (0.78) — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 57
• In-group identification relates to collective guilt in a non-linear fashion. #qualifies (0.75) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 25
• Lower group identification predicts more collective guilt and stronger reparation advocacy #qualifies (0.72) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 724