Shame, guilt, blaming, and anger: Differences between children in Japan and the US

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-238

  Bear, George G ^a   Uribe Zarain, Ximena ^a   Manning, Maureen A ^b   Shiomi, Kunio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Anne Arundel County Public Schools   (United States)

^c Soai University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anger; Externalization of blame; Guilt; Japanese and American children; Shame

Indexed keywords

EID: 71349086928     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-009-9130-8     Document Type: Article

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