Shame proneness and guilt proneness: Toward the further understanding of reactions to public and private transgressions

Self and Identity

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 337-362

  Wolf, Scott T ^a   Panter, A T ^a   Insko, Chester A ^a   Cohen, Taya R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Guilt proneness; Morality; Self conscious emotions; Shame proneness; Transgressions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956963851     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298860903106843     Document Type: Article

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