Are Shame and Guilt Related to Distinct Self-Discrepancies? A Test of Higgins's (1987) Hypotheses

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 256-268

  Tangney, June Price ^b   Covert, Michelle Vowell ^c   Barlow, Deborah Hill ^c   Niedenthal, Paula M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c George Mason University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; STUDENTS;

EID: 0032111924     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.75.1.256     Document Type: Article

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