Tracking the Trajectory of Shame, Guilt, and Pride Across the Life Span

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1061-1071

  Orth, Ulrich ^a   Robins, Richard W ^b   Soto, Christopher J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Health Services and Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; Guilt; Life span; Pride; Shame

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHAME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN AMERICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SHAME;

EID: 78649963674     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021342     Document Type: Article

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