Guilt and shame through recipients' eyes. The moderating effect of blame.

Autor/inn/en	Giner-Sorolla, Roger; Kamau, Caroline W.; Castano, Emanuele
Titel	Guilt and shame through recipients' eyes. The moderating effect of blame.
Quelle	In: Social psychology, 41 (2010) 2, S. 88-92Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1864-9335; 2151-2590
DOI	10.1027/1864-9335/a000013
Schlagwörter	Gruppenzugehörigkeit; Stereotyp; Gruppendynamik; Schamgefühl; Schuldgefühl; Verhalten; Zufriedenheit; Soziale Wahrnehmung; Gerechtigkeit; Beschuldigung; Schwarzer
Abstract	Investigated the extent to which blame moderates the relative acceptance of a guilt- or shame-based apology from an outgroup. Previous research has found that people collectively wronged by an outgroup take insult when its representative offers compensation, and that an expression of shame but not guilt can lower such insult. This experiment showed a moderating factor: strength of outgroup blame. Participants were 75 British community members of African descent (mean age 32.57 years). They were presented with an apology for discriminatory searches of blacks by the police. The effects - that shame but not guilt reduces insult from compensation - were replicated only among those who strongly blamed outgroup entities. As before, these effects emerged only on insult rather than satisfaction measures, and only when compensation was offered. When blamed by the public, an official body should therefore consider how much its apology conveys shame rather than guilt. (ZPID).
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie, Trier
Update	2011/1