Shame, guilt, and embarrassment: Will the real emotion please stand up?

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-48

  Tangney, June Price ^a   Mashek, Debra ^a   Stuewig, Jeff ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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