Me against we: In-group transgression,collective shame,and in-group-directed hostility |
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| Authors: | Paul K Piff Andres G Martinez Dacher Keltner |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology , University of California , Berkeley , CA , USA ppiff@berkeley.edu;3. Department of Psychology , University of California , Berkeley , CA , USA |
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| Abstract: | People can experience great distress when a group to which they belong (in-group) is perceived to have committed an immoral act. We hypothesised that people would direct hostility toward a transgressing in-group whose actions threaten their self-image and evoke collective shame. Consistent with this theorising, three studies found that reminders of in-group transgression provoked several expressions of in-group-directed hostility, including in-group-directed hostile emotion (Studies 1 and 2), in-group-directed derogation (Study 2), and in-group-directed punishment (Study 3). Across studies, collective shame—but not the related group-based emotion collective guilt—mediated the relationship between in-group transgression and in-group-directed hostility. Implications for group-based emotion, social identity, and group behaviour are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | In-group transgression In-group-directed hostility Collective shame Collective guilt |
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