Loyalty as permission to forgive: sport, political, and religious identification as predictors of transgression diminishment

A national survey of 314 Americans was employed to determine whether core forms group identification (sport, political, and religious) predict one's likelihood forgive a leader within that for an intentional/preventable transgression. Three transgressions (assault battery, sex with minor, stealing money) were presented as possible scenarios leaders sport, religious groups. Sports more likely be forgiven overall, each the three shifting levels forgiveness; minor sports figures, while money less leaders. Unaffiliated individuals transgressions, no differences between identified