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Three layers of collective victimhood: effects of multileveled victimhood on intergroup conflicts in the I sraeli– A rab context
Author(s) -
SchoriEyal Noa,
Halperin Eran,
BarTal Daniel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/jasp.12268
Subject(s) - conceptualization , social psychology , context (archaeology) , psychology , group conflict , event (particle physics) , compromise , sociology , social science , geography , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract Perceived collective victimhood plays a significant role in conflictual intergroup relations. We suggest a conceptualization of three different layers of collective victimhood: historical victimhood, general conflict victimhood, and conflict event victimhood. Three studies explore the interrelationship between the layers and their effects in the context of the I sraeli– P alestinian conflict. In Study 1, general conflict victimhood mediates the relationship between historical victimhood and willingness for compromise. In Study 2, conducted in two waves, changes in general conflict victimhood predict support for military actions against the out‐group. The relationship between general conflict victimhood and support for military actions was mediated by conflict event victimhood. In Study 3, three new scales were developed, and their relations with different outcomes examined. Findings were nearly identical to the models tested in Studies 1–2.