Hanna Zagefka, Rupert Brown, Roberto González, Jorge Manzi and Sabina Čehajić (2008) Nuestra culpa: Collective guilt and shame as predictors of reparation for historical wrongdoing. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 94 (1). pp. 75-90. ISSN 0022-3514
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Three studies examined the hypothesis that collective guilt and shame have different consequences for reparation. In two longitudinal studies, respondents were Non-Indigenous Chileans (Study 1: N = 124/120, lag 8 weeks; Study 2: N = 247/137, lag 6 months) and the outgroup was Chile‟s largest indigenous group, The Mapuche. In both studies, it was found that collective guilt predicted reparation attitudes longitudinally. Collective shame had only cross-sectional associations with reparation and no direct longitudinal effects. In Study 2, it moderated the longitudinal effects of collective guilt such that the effects of guilt were stronger for low shame respondents. In Study 3 (N = 193 Non-Indigenous Chileans), the cross-sectional relationships between guilt, shame and reparation attitudes were replicated. The relationship between shame and reparation attitudes was mediated by a desire to improve the ingroup‟s reputation.
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