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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, Vol. 10, No. 1, 41-55 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1368430207071339
© 2007 SAGE Publications

The Past and the Pending: The Antecedents and Consequences of Group-Based Anger in Historically and Currently Disadvantaged Groups

Sjoerd F. Pennekamp

University of Amsterdam, s.f.pennekamp{at}uva.nl

Bertjan Doosje

University of Amsterdam

Sven Zebel

University of Amsterdam

Agneta H. Fischer

University of Amsterdam

Two studies investigated the role of domain relevance in the experience of group-based anger among disadvantaged groups using structural equation models. In the first study, Surinamese people to whom the slavery past was more relevant made stronger attributions of outgroup-blame and experienced more anger. This effect was above and beyond the influence of group identification. In the second study relevance of women’s status position in society predicted outgroup-blame and group-based anger. In both studies domain relevance and anger were predictive of the tendencies to engage in action demanding reparation, as well as of the desire for the outgroup to engage in reparation. The role of domain relevance for intergroup emotions is considered.

Key Words: domain relevance • emotions • past • reparation

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