Group identification moderates the effect of historical trauma availability on historical trauma symptoms and conspiracy beliefs
Abstract
Historical trauma may cast a shadow over the lives of subsequent generations of victimised groups. We examine the buffering role of victimised group identification on the association between the cognitive availability of historical trauma, historical trauma symptoms, and conspiracy beliefs. Two studies conducted in Poland (Study 1: Ukrainian minority, N = 92; Study 2: ethnic Poles; N = 227) revealed that among highly identified group members (compared to those with low levels of group identification), the relation between the cognitive availability of historical trauma and historical trauma symptoms was weaker. Study 2 additionally showed that the consequences of historical trauma are detectable among members of historically victimised groups, regardless of their own family history of victimisation, and that the cognitive availability of historical trauma correlates positively with conspiracy beliefs.
Citation
Skrodzka , M , Stefaniak , A & Bilewicz , M 2023 , ' Group identification moderates the effect of historical trauma availability on historical trauma symptoms and conspiracy beliefs ' , Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology , vol. 33 , no. 4 , pp. 835-850 . https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2684
Publication
Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1052-9284Type
Journal article
Description
Funding: This article was developed within the project “Language as a cure: linguistic vitality as a tool for psychological well-being, health and economic sustainability”, which is a part of the TEAM Program of the Foundation for Polish Science and is co-financed by the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund.Collections
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