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“Sorry for Congo, Let’s Make Amends”: Belgians’ Ideological Worldviews Predict Attitudes Towards Apology and Reparation for its Colonial Past Cover

“Sorry for Congo, Let’s Make Amends”: Belgians’ Ideological Worldviews Predict Attitudes Towards Apology and Reparation for its Colonial Past

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|Aug 2021

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Figure 1

Map of the 17 Leopold II statues in Belgium. Eleven of them were recently vandalized. Two statues were removed, four city councils are considering removal. In four occasions, a ‘counter-statue’ was put in place. A panel with information was added in three cases [June 13, 2020].

Note: Source: LocalFocus (https://www.localfocus.nl).

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Figure 2

Standardized Results of the Model testing the Association of Ideological Worldviews with “Sorry”-Attitudes via Intergroup Emotions.

Note: * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001. For the sake of parsimony, only significant paths are portrayed. Full results are available on the Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/ypbkr).

Table 1

Means, Standard Deviations, and Correlations among Study Variables.

MeasureMSD12345678910
RWA2.850.89–      
UDO5.020.71–0.26***–      
SDO-D2.601.320.41***–0.15*    –      
SDO-E5.221.53–0.22***0.27***–0.48***–      
Guilt3.911.72–0.04      0.23***–0.04      0.12a    –      
Shame3.691.60–0.05      0.29***–0.03      0.11a    0.86***–      
Anger3.881.49–0.07      0.23***–0.11a    0.11a    0.64***0.70***–      
Empathy5.091.18–0.19**  0.29***–0.05      0.22***0.50***0.55***0.57***–      
Repair3.791.30–0.14*    0.29***–0.09      0.12a    0.43***0.45***0.45***0.43***–      
Apology4.861.47–0.15*    0.38***–0.16*    0.21***0.48***0.51***0.48***0.49***0.62***–      
Awareness4.661.34–0.04      0.39***–0.06      0.20**  0.46***0.52***0.50***0.54***0.47***0.54***

[i] Note: a: p < 0.10; *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001.

Table 2

Unstandardized Estimates (Standard Errors in Brackets) of the Mediation Model Testing the Association of Ideological Worldviews with “Sorry”-Attitudes via Intergroup Emotions.

From RWAVia GuiltVia ShameVia AngerVia Empathy
To Repair0.01 (0.02)0.00 (0.01)0.01 (0.02)–0.03 (0.02)
To Apology0.01 (0.01)0.01 (0.02)0.01 (0.02)–0.05 (0.03)
To Awareness0.00 (0.01)0.01 (0.02)0.01 (0.02)–0.06a (0.03)
From UDOVia GuiltVia ShameVia AngerVia Empathy
To Repair0.06 (0.05)0.03 (0.06)0.08a (0.04)0.07* (0.04)
To Apology0.05 (0.05)0.09 (0.06)0.06 (0.04)0.10* (0.04)
To Awareness0.01 (0.04)0.10 (0.06)0.06a (0.04)0.12** (0.05)
From SDO-DVia GuiltVia ShameVia AngerVia Empathy
To Repair0.00 (0.01)0.00 (0.01)–0.01 (0.02)0.02 (0.02)
To Apology0.00 (0.01)0.01 (0.01)–0.01 (0.01)0.03 (0.02)
To Awareness0.00 (0.01)0.01 (0.01)–0.01 (0.01)0.04 (0.02)
From SDO-EVia GuiltVia ShameVia AngerVia Empathy
To Repair0.01 (0.01)0.00 (0.01)0.00 (0.01)0.03a (0.02)
To Apology0.01 (0.01)0.01 (0.01)0.00 (0.01)0.04* (0.02)
To Awareness0.00 (0.01)0.01 (0.01)0.00 (0.01)0.05* (0.02)

[i] Note: a: p < 0.10; *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001. Significant effects in boldface.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/irsp.486 | Journal eISSN: 2397-8570
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 28, 2020
Accepted on: May 26, 2021
Published on: Aug 20, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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