Social-Psychological Interventions for Intergroup Reconciliation: An Emotion Regulation Perspective
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- 2 April 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Psychological Inquiry
- Vol. 27 (2), 73-88
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840x.2016.1153945
Abstract
Intergroup reconciliation is a requirement for lasting peace in the context of intergroup conflicts. In this article, we offer an emotion regulation perspective on social-psychological interventions aimed at facilitating intergroup reconciliation. In the first section of the article, we conceptualize intergroup reconciliation as an emotion-regulation process involving positive affective change and offer a framework that integrates the emotion regulation and intergroup reconciliation literatures. In the sections that follow, we review social-psychological interventions that involve changes in beliefs and identity and assess their effects on specific intergroup emotions pertinent for intergroup reconciliation. More specifically, we focus our discussion on specific reconciliation-oriented intervention strategies and their relation to emotions pertinent for facilitating reconciliation, including intergroup hatred, anger, guilt, hope, and empathy. In the final section, we consider key implications and growth points for the field of intergroup reconciliation.Keywords
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