Introducing the GASP Scale: A New Measure of Guilt and Shame Proneness

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 947-966

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

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harris Interactive   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Guilt; Moral emotions; Scale development; Shame; Unethical decision making

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX RATIO; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955516503     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022641     Document Type: Article

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