Social-Psychological Interventions for Intergroup Reconciliation: An Emotion Regulation Perspective |
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Authors: | Sabina Čehajić-Clancy Amit Goldenberg James J. Gross Eran Halperin |
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Affiliation: | 1. Political Science and International Relations Department, Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina;2. Psychology Department, Stanford University, Stanford, California;3. Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy, IDC, Herzliya, Israel |
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Abstract: | Intergroup reconciliation is a requirement for lasting peace in the context of intergroup conflicts. In this article, we offer an emotion regulation perspective on social-psychological interventions aimed at facilitating intergroup reconciliation. In the first section of the article, we conceptualize intergroup reconciliation as an emotion-regulation process involving positive affective change and offer a framework that integrates the emotion regulation and intergroup reconciliation literatures. In the sections that follow, we review social-psychological interventions that involve changes in beliefs and identity and assess their effects on specific intergroup emotions pertinent for intergroup reconciliation. More specifically, we focus our discussion on specific reconciliation-oriented intervention strategies and their relation to emotions pertinent for facilitating reconciliation, including intergroup hatred, anger, guilt, hope, and empathy. In the final section, we consider key implications and growth points for the field of intergroup reconciliation. |
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Keywords: | conflict resolution emotion regulation group-based emotions intergroup reconciliation |
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