Step by step: Testing the staircase model of intergroup apologies

Abstract

There is a widespread assumption that intergroup apologiesapologies offered by one group to another group-provide an important basis for achieving reconciliation between these groups (e.g., Branscombe & Cronin, 2010;Tavuchis, 1991). This assumption is reflected in the marked increase in large-scale apologies being delivered by countries, political parties, businesses and corporations, leading to the suggestion that we have entered an "age of apology"

The effects of apology and perceived status relations on willingness of Israeli-Arabs to seek help from Israeli-Jews.

“…It was wrong and should never happen again. Let’s look together for a better future.” We included the phrase indicating that the President was “the legitimate representative of Jews” to make clear that the apology being offered involved a “group-to-group context” (see Nunney & Manstead, 2021). For the other group of participants ( n = 58), the Israeli President acknowledged that the incident occurred but did not offer a formal apology: “What happened was wrong and should never happen again.…”