Intensity of habitual guilt in men and women: Differences in interpersonal sensitivity and the tendency towards anxious-aggressive guilt

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 540-554

  Etxebarria, Itziar ^a   Ortiz, M José ^a   Conejero, Susana ^b   Pascual, Aitziber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Empathy; Gender differences; Guilt intensity; Interpersonal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 73149124546     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600001918     Document Type: Article

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