Effects of group membership on the transmission of negative historical events

  1. Páez Rovira, Darío
  2. Valencia Garate, José Francisco
  3. Vincze, O.
  4. Marques, J.
Journal:
Psicología Política

ISSN: 1138-0853

Year of publication: 2006

Issue: 32

Pages: 79-105

Type: Article

More publications in: Psicología Política

Abstract

Previous studies show that the source of a historical rumour as well as whether it in­volves in-group or out-group events are po­werful determinant of the way individuals deal with the transmitted information. The present studies, knitting together perspecti­ves on collective emotions such as guilt, ru­mour findings in transmission variables and the reconstruction of information and social identity defence mechanisms, attemp­ted to analyse how group members deal with an in-group (as compared to an out-group) derogating event. The transmission of his­torical events in the context of inter-group relations were analysed in three studies.