Replication data from a study on how favorable intergroup comparisons affect confrontation with a group's harmful history. The research focuses on the UK and examines psychological defenses like 'whataboutism' in response to historical identity threats. The dataset was authored by Joe Kendall and last updated on March 16, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze the relationship between historical 'whataboutism' and prejudice levels based on the described experimental or survey context.
- Model psychological defense mechanisms in response to group identity threats based on the described shame-based reactions.
- Study motivated reasoning in the context of confronting imperial history based on the UK case study.
Strengths
- Data is associated with a peer-reviewed academic paper on a specific psychological phenomenon.
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-03-16 11:56:59.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Political Behavior Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Likely contains survey or experimental data from the described study.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-16 11:56:59; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- United Kingdom (UK)