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Collective regret versus collective guilt: Different emotional reactions to historical atrocities.
- Source :
- European Journal of Social Psychology; Oct2012, Vol. 42 Issue 6, p729-742, 14p, 3 Charts, 4 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- A distinction between guilt and regret in reactions to in-group atrocities is proposed. Four studies (total N = 1249) support the notion that guilt and regret are distinct emotional reactions. Whereas guilt is a self-focused, aversive emotional reaction following from appraisals of responsibility and associated with the intention to make amends, regret follows from an empathic victim perspective, is less aversive, and is more strongly associated with positive attitudes towards the victim groups and the intention to engage in intergroup contact. These findings suggest that less aversive emotions like regret are more likely to improve intergroup attitudes after a common history of conflict, but the aversive experience of guilt might be more potent in motivating reparations. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HOLOCAUST, 1939-1945
ANALYSIS of variance
ATTITUDE testing
CHI-squared test
COLLEGE students
STATISTICAL correlation
EMPATHY
ETHNIC groups
FACTOR analysis
GUILT (Psychology)
HIGH school students
INTERPERSONAL relations
INTERVIEWING
QUESTIONNAIRES
RELIABILITY (Personality trait)
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
SCALES (Weighing instruments)
SELF-evaluation
SHAME
VICTIM psychology
ETHNOLOGY research
SOCIAL responsibility
MULTIPLE regression analysis
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00462772
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Journal of Social Psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 80202507
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.1886