Affirmation, acknowledgment of ingroup responsibility, group-based guilt, and support for reparative measures
Journal
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Subject
Organisational Behaviour
Publishing details
Authors / Editors
Cehajic-Clancy S;Effron D A;Halperin E;Liberman V;Ross L D
Biographies
Publication Year
2011
Abstract
Three studies, 2 conducted in Israel and 1 conducted in Bosnia and Herzegovina, demonstrated that affirming a positive aspect of the self can increase one's willingness to acknowledge in-group responsibility for wrongdoing against others, express feelings of group-based guilt, and consequently provide greater support for reparation policies. By contrast, affirming one's group, although similarly boosting feelings of pride, failed to increase willingness to acknowledge and redress in-group wrongdoing. Studies 2 and 3 demonstrated the mediating role of group-based guilt. That is, increased acknowledgment of in-group responsibility for out-group victimization produced increased feelings of guilt, which in turn increased support for reparation policies to the victimized group. Theoretical and applied implications are discussed.
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