The ingroup’s own suffering suppresses guilt even when it sees itself as responsible

Evidence

There is another important reason why collective guilt processes need to be examined in contexts where the conflict is ongoing; an examination of these processes provides an opportunity for assessing the impact of the ingroup’s own victimization history. In such cases, even when the ingroup is seen as responsible for harmful actions against another group, if the outgroup is also seen as having inflicted harm on the ingroup, then little collective guilt may be experienced. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 2145

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Guilt is deeply unpleasant because it threatens one’s self-image as good — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1815; Reminding a victimized group of old harms raises guilt assigned to a new enemy. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 1976; Men feel most collective guilt when reparations are moderately difficult. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 575 (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Highly identified group members minimize collective guilt by morally reinterpreting ingroup wrongs #contradicts (0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2278
• Perceiving a group’s wrongdoing as situationally justifiable blocks collective guilt #qualifies (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 297
• Strongest ingroup identifiers are least likely to feel collective guilt #contradicts (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1170
• The most loyal group members are least likely to feel collective guilt #complicates (0.75)
• Reminders of a group’s own victimization history increase guilt assigned to others #complicates (0.75) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 2145