The Role of Interpersonal Harm in Distinguishing Regret From Guilt

Emotion

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 589-596

  Zeelenberg, Marcel ^a   Breugelmans, Seger M ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

experimental content; guilt; regret

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PHENOMENOLOGY;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; THEFT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54849418604     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0012894     Document Type: Article

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