Powerful groups need empathy while weaker groups need responsibility acceptance.

Evidence

It is notable that in these studies, the effects of Expression of Empathy on the reduction of conflict-related perceptions were more pronounced than the effects of Acceptance of Responsibility. The reason for this may be that the participants in these studies belonged to the more powerful group - Jewish-Israelis - for whom Expression of Empathy may be more effective than Acceptance of Responsibility in promoting socio-economic reconciliation. This possibility rests on the assumption that accepting responsibility and expressing empathy satisfy different needs for the more powerful and less powerful parties to a conflict. For the more powerful group, the need to receive acknowledgment that it has also been victimized and deserves empathy may be more pressing than it is for the less powerful Intergroup Reconciliation Processes in Israel 227 group,whosevictimizationisclearlyevident. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1519

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Emotion work demands vary by group and setting rather than being uniform. — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 88; Victim groups need agency (vertical) restoration while perpetrator groups need moral communion (horizontal) restoration. — Nurit Shnabel and Johannes Ullrich, Identity Needs in Intergroup Relations:…, 66

Broader Connections

• Emotion work demands vary by group and setting rather than being uniform. #expands (0.75) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 88