Perceived in-group moral violations trigger defensive cognitive distortions.

Evidence

People are distressed when they perceive that their in-group deviates from grouplevel moral standards (e.g., Bizman, Yinon, & Krotman, 2001), and they employ creative cognitive mechanisms to protect their positive group identity. For example, people attempt to lower the severity of their group’s wrongdoings (Branscombe & Miron, 2004), they change the content of in-group and out-group stereotypes to justify discriminating an out-group (Rutland & Brown, 2001), and use external circumstances to explain negative historical actions carried out by their in-group to a greater extent than for similar actions committed by other nations (Doosje & Branscombe, 2003). — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 46

Categorization

• XREF: Supports the reader’s framework linking the attachment/glorification distinction to defensive moral disengagement responses to in-group wrongdoing. — connects to: Moral disengagement mechanisms enable justification of in-group harm. — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt: Modes…, 47; Threat to in-group moral image triggers defensive reinterpretation of atrocity reports. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2136; Moral critiques of in-group misdeeds reduce defensive reactions better than pragmatic arguments (+10 more)

Related

• Moral disengagement mechanisms enable justification of in-group harm. (similarity 0.90)
• Glorification predicts defensive denial of the in-group’s moral violations. (similarity 0.90)
• Ingroup glorification, not attachment, triggers moral disengagement and reduced justice demands. (similarity 0.89)
• Glorification enables moral disengagement while attachment resists in-group wrongdoing justification. (similarity 0.89)
• Glorification predicts exonerating cognitions that blunt group-based guilt. (similarity 0.88)
• Group glorification suppresses demands for justice for ingroup violence (similarity 0.87)
• Attachment to the in-group predicts guilt while glorification predicts defensiveness (similarity 0.87)
• Attachment to the in-group and glorification predict opposite reactions to one’s group’s moral violations. (similarity 0.87)
• Attachment makes individuals vulnerable to guilt over in-group misdeeds. (similarity 0.86)
• Moral disengagement from in-group wrongdoing can be countered through awareness-raising communications. (similarity 0.86)
• Threat to in-group moral image triggers defensive reinterpretation of atrocity reports. (similarity 0.85)
• Framing attachment around ideals rather than current traits raises group-based guilt. (similarity 0.85)
• In-group glorification but not attachment predicts justifying harm against out-groups (similarity 0.85)
• Conflict escalation alters even retrospective moral judgments of past in-group harms. (similarity 0.84)
• Reading about in-group atrocities suppresses concern for harm and fairness (similarity 0.84)

Broader Connections

• Threat to in-group moral image triggers defensive reinterpretation of atrocity reports. #corroborates (0.95) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2136
• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs #exemplifies (0.90) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2278
• Glorification predicts exonerating cognitions that blunt group-based guilt. #corroborates (0.85) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 48
• Moral critiques of in-group misdeeds reduce defensive reactions better than pragmatic arguments #responds-to (0.75)
• Embedding moral critiques of violence in news reports reduces in-group defensiveness #responds-to (0.75) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2151
• Merely priming in-group membership may trigger morality principle shifts without moral content #qualifies (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2140
• Attachment to the in-group predicts guilt while glorification predicts defensiveness #expands (0.72) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 7
• Witnessing in-group wrongdoing shifts accessible moral foundations toward loyalty and authority. #expands (0.72)