The individual experience of guilt and shame in Chinese culture

Culture and Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-52

  Bedford, Olwen A ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Culture; Guilt; Moral emotions; Morality; Shame; Taiwan; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642547617     PISSN: 1354067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1354067X04040929     Document Type: Article

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