Highlights•Reviews literature related to competitive victimhood (CV), including both motives
for and consequences of CV.•Discusses how the emergence of CV has been facilitated by a …

While researchers and policy makers often focus their attention on the detrimental
consequences of collective victimhood, it has been posited that these negative outcomes …

With growing diversity and increased media attention to inequality, it is likely that stigmatized-
group members will have increased political influence on social issues affecting other …

Collective victimhood, which results from the experience of being targeted as members of a
group, has powerful effects on individuals and groups. The focus of this Special Issue is on …

Groups in conflict develop strikingly different construals of the same violent events. These
clashing perceptions of past violence can have detrimental consequences for intergroup …

Collective memories of trauma can have profound impact on the affected individuals and
communities. In the context of intergroup conflict, in the present article, we propose a novel …

What motivates minority group members to support other minorities, rather than compete for
resources? We tested whether inclusive victim consciousness—ie, perceived similarities …

Three studies and an integrative data analysis (N= 1,017) demonstrated that confrontations
(speaking up against a stereotypical or prejudiced statement), when affirmed by bystanders …

While prior research indicates that establishing interpersonal interaction with customers is
mostly beneficial, this work reveals that the impact of social ties depends on relationship …

Two studies tested predictors of helping across national boundaries. British participants
reported blame attributions for the coronavirus crisis, either to the British government …