Two Faces of Group-Based Shame: Moral Shame and Image Shame Differentially Predict Positive and Negative Orientations to Ingroup Wrongdoing

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1270-1284

  Allpress, Jesse A ^a   Brown, Rupert ^a   Giner Sorolla, Roger ^b   Deonna, Julien A ^c   Teroni, Fabrice ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

apology; avoidance; guilt; shame

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908545987     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167214540724     Document Type: Article

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