Shame and the motivation to change the self

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1049-1061

  Lickel, Brian ^a   Kushlev, Kostadin ^b   Savalei, Victoria ^b   Matta, Shashi ^c   Schmader, Toni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Embarrassment; Guilt; Motivation; Regret; Self conscious emotion; Shame

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922559378     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0038235     Document Type: Article

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