Dealing with Past Colonial Conflicts: How Perceived Characteristics of the Victimized Outgroup Can Influence the Experience of Group-Based Guilt

Abstract: An examination of potential outgroup-focused predictors of group-based guilt relating to past colonial conflicts involving Portugal and the Netherlands, specifically, the role of the perceptions of the ingroup towards the victimized outgroup, as well as on outgroup identification and meta-perceptions (i.e. the ingroup's beliefs regarding the outgroup's perceptions of it). Using Structural Equation Modeling in a Portuguese sample (N = 178) and a Dutch sample (N = 157), we found that the experience of group-based guilt due to colonial conflicts can be positively predicted by outgroup perceptions and outgroup identification (Dutch sample only). Meta-perceptions were a negative predictor of group-based guilt (Dutch sample only). Furthermore, our results show that group-based guilt is positively associated with compensatory behavioral intentions and perceived importance of remembering past colonial conflicts. Results point to the important role of outgroup-focused variables in shaping g.... https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/2817

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Dealing with Past Colonial Conflicts: How Perceived Characteristics of the Victimized Outgroup Can Influence the Experience of Group-Based Guilt ; volume:4 ; number:1 ; day:07 ; month:05 ; year:2010 ; International journal of conflict and violence ; 4, Heft 1 (07.05.2010)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Ana Mateus Figueiredo ; Bertjan Doosje ; Joaquim Pires Valentim ; Sven Zebel

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/ijcv-2817
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020062210355694751521
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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