New study highlights power—not morality—as key motivator behind competitive victimhood

New study highlights power—not morality—as key motivator behind competitive victimhood

A new study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology has reinforced previous findings that the desire for power—rather than a need to protect moral identity—is the strongest driver of competitive victimhood in groups experiencing intergroup conflict. By replicating a 2019 study in the unique context of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found that both Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel who felt a stronger need for group-based power…