Collective guilt: Emotional reactions when one's group has done wrong or been wronged

By Michael J. A. Wohl, N. Branscombe, Yechiel Klar. 2006

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Government Apologies for Historical Injustices (2009, background): “These apologies may or may not include offers of financial compensation (Wohl et al., 2006).”
The MAD Model of Moral Contagion: The Role of Motivation, Attention, and Design in the Spread of Moralized Content Online (2019, background): “Collective guilt drives the willingness to compensate for bad in-group behavior and attitudes toward reparations, even if one did not perform the behavior themselves (Brown, González, Zagefka, Manzi, & C´ehajic´, 2008; Doosje et al., 1998; Wohl, Branscombe, & Klar, 2006).”
When other people are heaven, when other people are hell: how social identity determines the nature and impact of social support (2012, background): “Full transcript retrieved from: http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/u/up-in-the-air-scripttranscript.html”
Collective guilt mediates the effect of beliefs about global warming on willingness to engage in mitigation behavior (2010, background): “Second, people must believe that it is possible to repair the harm done (Schmitt, Miller, Branscombe, & Brehm, 2008; Wohl et al., 2006).”
Group Threat, Collective Angst, and Ingroup Forgiveness for the War in Iraq (2009, background): “Whereas remorse or guilt reflects concern about the harm an individual or group committed in the past (Frijda, Kuipers, & Ter Schure, 1989; Wohl et al., 2006), fear is characterized by a surge in arousal and activation of the fight-orflight response when confronted with a immediate threat (Gray, 198”
Intergroup reconciliation: Instrumental and socio-emotional processes and the needs-based model (2015, background): “Also, whereas previous research has typically studied the effects of transgressions on either the perpetrator group (e.g., work on collective guilt; Wohl et al., 2006) or the victim group (e.”
Emotions and Emotion Regulation in Intractable Conflict: Studying Emotional Processes Within a Unique Context (2015, background): “…& Gross, 2011; Huddy et al., 2005; Lerner et al., 2003; Mackie et al., 2000; Mashuri et al., 2013; Pliskin et al., 2014; Reifen-Tagar et al., 2011; Sabucedo et al., 2011; Spanovic et al., 2010; Stephan & Finlay, 1999; Sternberg, 2003; Tam et al., 2007, 2008; Volkan, 1997; Wohl et al., 2006, 2010).”
Collective Action—and Then What? (2009, background): “actors, however, they may disidentify with their own advantaged group, which would have the positive effect of creating positive intergroup attitudes (Wohl & Branscombe, 2005; Wohl et al., 2006), but also may reduce motives to acknowledge status inequalities and to offer reparation (Greenaway et al.”