Strongest ingroup identifiers are least likely to feel collective guilt

Evidence

Such defensive mechanisms are only employed if there is some kind of underlying guilt and moral awareness of injustice with regard to the Nazi crimes. The desire to whitewash the criminal national past is preconditioned by refusal to acknowledge the crimes, and by feelings of guilt that are shared by most nationalists. Thus, a minimal identification with being German is a prerequisite to experience collective guilt feelings (Adorno, 1975). Group-based feelings of guilt, distinct from personal guilt feelings, generally presuppose some social and psychic connection with the group that has a negative history, and in which other group members are guilty (Doosje et al., 1998). — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1170

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1170
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Identification relates to collective guilt along a nonlinear inverted-U curve. — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 15; In-group identification relates to collective guilt in a non-linear fashion. — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 25; Affective group attachment, not mere membership perception, drives non-linear responses to collective guilt — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 26 (+31 more)

Broader Connections

• The most loyal group members are least likely to feel collective guilt #corroborates (0.95)
• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs #expands (0.90) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2278
• Highly identified group members resist feeling collective guilt by reinterpreting events #expands (0.85) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2278