The nature of in-group identification moderates people’s reactions to their group’s harm of others.

Evidence

The research reviewed above reveals that people’s reaction to witnessing or being told about the suffering of others depends on whether or not the in-group is responsible for such suffering (for a recent replication of these findings, see Cehajic, Brown, & Gonzales, forthcoming). Furthermore, when the in-group is responsible, not all individuals react in a similar manner. Although the research is in the early stages, it seems clear that the nature of the identification with one’s group moderates such a reaction. — Emanuele Castano, On the Perils of Glorifying the In-group, 57

Categorization

• QUESTION: This is the core moderation claim Castano is building toward — worth checking exactly how ‘glorification vs attachment’ operationalizes the moderator.
• XREF: connects to: National identification crucially shapes perpetrators’ emotional responses to their group’s misdeeds. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 682; National identification’s implicit, pervasive nature predicts responses to historical group actions. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt: International…, 684; 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 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• Identification mode shapes whether ingroup versus outgroup criticism triggers collective guilt #expands (0.90) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 721
• Group identification can both enable and block feelings of group-based guilt #expands (0.88) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 16
• Group identification can simultaneously raise and lower group-based guilt. #expands (0.85) — Sonia Roccas and Yechiel Klar and Ido Liviatan, The Paradox of Group-Based Guilt, 25
• In-group identification relates to collective guilt in a non-linear fashion. #expands (0.82) — Torsten Masson and Markus Barth, The identification-guilt paradox…, 25
• Mild group identifiers feel guilty when harm is distant and done by others #exemplifies (0.80) — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 1069
• Ingroup identification strength moderates whether group-level or individual-level threats drive attitudes. #expands (0.78) — Blake M. Riek, Eric W. Mania, and Samuel L. Gaertner, Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes, 151
• Strong ingroup identification may increase intragroup focus rather than outgroup hostility #qualifies (0.75) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 468