Parental shame and guilt: Distinguishing emotional responses to a child's wrongdoings

Personal Relationships

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-220

  Scarnier, Marchelle ^a   Schmader, Toni ^b,d   Lickel, Brian ^c,d  

^a TechSoup Global   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d The University of Arizona   (United States)

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EID: 67049116051     PISSN: 13504126     EISSN: 14756811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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