An investigation of the relationship between anger and offence-related shame and guilt

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 415-423

  Wright, Kim ^a   Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^b   Young, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger; Feelings of guilt and shame; Offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349144901     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160701770369     Document Type: Article

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