When ownership hurts
Remembering the in-group wrongdoings after a long lasting collective amnesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6190530 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giovanna Leone (0000-0002-8398-568X, Department of Communication and Social Research Sapienza, University of Rome, via Salaria 113, Rome, 00198, Italy, corresponding author), Mauro Sarrica (0000-0003-1167-2788, Department of Communication and Social Research Sapienza, University of Rome, via Salaria 113, Rome, 00198, Italy) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 603-612 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1210-3055 • E-ISSN: 1337-401X |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.2478/s13374-012-0048-6 |
| OpenAlex | W1970896916 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
This study explores the effects of two different kinds of text addressed to young Italian students, which convey past in-group war-crimes either in a detailed or in an evasive way. After completing a first questionnaire (and confirming the social amnesia on these crimes) a sample of Italian university students (number: 103; average age: 21.79) read two versions (factual vs. evasive) of a same historical text on Italian invasion of Ethiopia (1935–36). The results show that participants reading a detailed text feel react more emotionally and feel more involved. However, the more negative reactions linked to the detailed text were also associated to a stronger will to repair intergroup relations with the descendents of ancient victims of the in-group crimes. Positive consequences of negative emotions linked to detailed text that challenge a widespread collective amnesia of war crimes are discussed
Amnesia · Cognitive psychology · Collective memory · Criminology · Political science · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
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| Citations per year | 0.42 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |