Recognition of shared past sufferings, trust and improving intergroup attitudes in Belgium

• Autores: Alarcón-Henríquez, Alejandra, Licata, Laurent, Leys, Christophe, Van der Linden, Nicolas, Klein, Olivier, Mercy, Aurélie
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2010
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/431
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/431
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Collective memory; victimization; recognition; intergroup reconciliation; inter- group conflict; memoria colectiva; victimización; reconocimiento; reconciliación intergrupal; conflicto intergrupal

This article examines the role of intergroup trust and recognition of past sufferings onintergroup attitudes. We conducted an experiment among Dutch-speaking students in which we manipulated the degree of importance that French-speakers gave to historical episodes of past victimizations in order to test its impact on the attitudes towards the French-speakers. Results show that intergroup attitudes were most favorable among the high-trusting Dutch-speaking participants when they were led to believe that the French- speakers judged important the events where both communities were considered as victims, compared to the conditions where only French-speaking or only Dutch-speaking sufferings were considered important. This suggests some level of intergroup trust is a condition forthe positive effect of shared memories of victimization on attitudes.