A functionalist account of shame-induced behaviour

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 939-946

  de Hooge, Ilona E ^a   Zeelenberg, Marcel ^b   Breugelmans, Seger M ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Approach behaviour; Motivation; Protect; Restore; Shame

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; APPROACH BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHAME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME;

EID: 79961226729     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2010.516909     Document Type: Article

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