Conceptual and methodological issues in the assessment of shame and guilt

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 741-754

  Tangney, June Price ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTION; GUILT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SHAME;

EID: 0030250671     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0005-7967(96)00034-4     Document Type: Article

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