Identification with a wrongful subgroup and the feeling of collective guilt
Identification with a wrongful subgroup and the feeling of collective guilt
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对错误群体的认同和集体内疚感
DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-839x.2011.01348.x
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
M.
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文献类型:
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作者:
Goto;N.;Karasawa;M.
The present study examined the relationship between group identification and the feeling of collective guilt. This study argued that identification with a subgroup of one's ingroup (subgroup identification) would predict the feeling of collective guilt better than identification with the whole ingroup (whole‐group identification). To manipulate the level of subgroup identification, we instructed participants to imagine the presence of a close friend (vsa friend of one's close friend) in a fictitious subgroup. In Experiment 1, we predicted and found that high subgroup identifiers experienced less collective guilt compared to low subgroup identifiers, regardless of their degree of whole‐group identification. In contrast, the results from Experiment 2 indicated that when the presence of the third party was made salient, high subgroup identifiers experienced more collective guilt in comparison to low subgroup identifiers. The importance of interpersonal connections for collective responsibility and the facilitating role of the third party for reconciliation of the intergroup conflicts are discussed.