War guilt acceptance depends more on regional than personal exposure.
Evidence
Our results suggest that individuals’ personal victimization or participation in combat does not significantly affect their acceptance of guilt. In fact, most of the individual-level predictors are not significantly related to this outcome (only in some models, men accept guilt significantly lower than women). The results suggest that, overall, our regional-level variables are better predictors of guilt acceptance than our individual-level indicators. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 107
Categorization
- QUESTION: Why would direct victimization not predict guilt while communal exposure does — is this about identity framing over personal memory?
- XREF: connects to: Direct war victims rarely accept collective guilt for group atrocities. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 20; Heavier regional war victimization raises acceptance of collective guilt. — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 109; Communal war exposure, not personal victimization, drives collective guilt acceptance — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 2 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Communal war exposure, not personal victimization, drives collective guilt acceptance
#corroborates(0.97) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 2 - Heavier regional war victimization raises acceptance of collective guilt.
#corroborates(0.90) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 109 - Guilt acceptance is rooted in communal not national shared victimization.
#corroborates(0.90) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 127 - Directly experienced violence promotes collective guilt acceptance more than mediated narratives do.
#complicates(0.72) — Sandra Penic, Guy Elcheroth, and Dario Spini, When Is Collective Exposure to War…, 37