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CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 477-483Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0963721415601625
Keywords
reconciliation; the needs-based model; competitive victimhood; forgiveness; apology; agency; moral image; identity restoration; interpersonal conflict; intergroup conflict
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- European Union [2934602 (PCIG09-GA-2011-293602)]
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According to the needs-based model of reconciliation, transgressions threaten victims' sense of agency and perpetrators' moral image. Consequently, victims and perpetrators experience heightened needs for empowerment and acceptance, respectively. Exchange interactions (e.g., expressions of apologies and forgiveness) through which victims and perpetrators satisfy each other's needs facilitate reconciliation. We present research that has supported the model in both interpersonal and intergroup contexts. We then extend the model to dual conflicts, in which both parties transgress against each other and compete over the victim status, and to intergroup contexts of structural inequality. Finally, we discuss need satisfaction outside the victim-perpetrator dyad as an intriguing avenue for future research.
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