Effects of the Church’s expiation and glorification rituals on the Spanish Civil War

• Autores: Etxebarria, Itziar, Páez, Darío, Valencia, José, Bilbao, María de los Ángeles, Zubieta, Elena
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2010
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/428
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/428
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Apology; intergroup forgiveness; collective shame and guilt; reconciliation; disculpas; perdón intergrupal; culpa; vergüenza colectiva; reconciliación

The article analyses the psychosocial impact of the apologies about the role of the Catholic Church in the Spanish Civil war along two studies. The relational study showed that Blazquez’s apology was perceived with limited impact, being more important at a societal level than at a micro-social level, both, on direct or indirect victims. The experimental study showed that self-criticism reinforced guilt as well as the need for reparation, whereas glorification diminished them.