The Difficulty of Making Reparations Affects the Intensity of Collective Guilt

Abstract: We examined how the difficulty of making reparations for the harm done to another group affects the intensity of collective guilt. Men were confronted with information documenting male privilege and were told that they would have a chance to help women and reduce patriarchy by collecting signatures on a petition. We manipulated the difficulty of making reparations by asking participants to collect 5, 50, or 100 signatures. As predicted by Brehm's (1999) theory of emotional intensity, collective guilt was a non-monotonic function of the difficulty of making reparations. Men in the moderate difficulty (50 signatures) condition expressed greater collective guilt than participants in the low (5) or high (100) difficulty conditions. Results are discussed in terms of the implications for the theory of emotional intensity, collective guilt, and collective emotions more generally

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Postprint
begutachtet (peer reviewed)
In: Group Processes & Intergroup Relations ; 11 (2008) 3 ; 267-279

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2008
Urheber
Schmitt, Michael T.
Miller, Daniel A.
Branscombe, Nyla R.
Brehm, Jack W.

DOI
10.1177/1368430208090642
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-228611
Rechteinformation
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte

  • Schmitt, Michael T.
  • Miller, Daniel A.
  • Branscombe, Nyla R.
  • Brehm, Jack W.

Entstanden

  • 2008

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