Turning Shame Inside-Out: "Humiliated Fury" in Young Adolescents

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 786-793

  Thomaes, Sander ^a   Stegge, Hedy ^b   Olthof, Tjeert ^b   Bushman, Brad J ^c   Nezlek, John B ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anger; Humiliation; Narcissism; Shame

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMILIATED FURY; MALE; NARCISSISM; PEER GROUP; PILOT STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF ESTEEM; SELF REPORT; SHAME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANGER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARCISSISM; RAGE; SEX FACTORS; SHAME;

EID: 80052285977     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023403     Document Type: Article

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