Are Shame, Guilt, and Embarrassment Distinct Emotions?

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1256-1269

  Tangney, June Price ^a   Miller, Rowland S ^b   Flicker, Laura ^a   Barlow, Deborah Hill ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030161843     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.70.6.1256     Document Type: Article

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