Empathy, guilt, and gender: A comparison of two measures of guilt

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-246

  Silfver, Mia ^a   Helkama, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Empathy; Gender differences; Gender roles; Guilt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MORALS; PERSONALITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34249064601     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00578.x     Document Type: Article

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