Chronic and Predispositional Guilt: Relations to Mental Health, Prosocial Behavior, and Religiosity

Quiles, Zandra N.; Bybee, Jane

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“…Numerous independent studies converge: guilt-prone children, adolescents, and adults are not at increased risk for depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, etc. Leskela et al 2002;McLaughlin 2002;Quiles & Bybee 1997;Schaefer 2000;Stuewig & McCloskey 2005;Tangney 1994;Tangney & Dearing 2002;Tangney et al 1991Tangney et al , 1992.…”

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Moral Emotions and Moral Behavior

Tangney

Stuewig

Mashek

2007

Annu. Rev. Psychol.

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Moral emotions represent a key element of our human moral apparatus, influencing the link between moral standards and moral behavior. This chapter reviews current theory and research on moral emotions. We first focus on a triad of negatively valenced "self-conscious" emotionsshame, guilt, and embarrassment. As in previous decades, much research remains focused on shame and guilt. We review current thinking on the distinction between shame and guilt, and the relative advantages and disadvantages of these two moral emotions. Several new areas of research are highlighted: research on the domain-specific phenomenon of body shame, styles of coping with shame, psychobiological aspects of shame, the link between childhood abuse and later proneness to shame, and the phenomena of vicarious or "collective" experiences of shame and guilt. In recent years, the concept of moral emotions has been expanded to include several positive emotions-elevation, gratitude, and the sometimes morally relevant experience of pride. Finally, we discuss briefly a morally relevant emotional process-other-oriented empathy. Keywordsshame; guilt; pride; elevation; gratitude OVERVIEWWhat confluence of factors foster a moral life lived to the benefit of self and others? This review summarizes current theory and research on moral emotions, offering a framework for thinking about the ways in which morally relevant emotions may moderate the link between moral standards and moral decisions, and ultimately moral behavior.Living a moral, constructive life is defined by a weighted sum of countless individual, morally relevant behaviors enacted day in and day out (plus an occasional particularly selfdefining moment). As imperfect human beings, however, our behavior does not always bear a one-to-one correspondence to our moral standards.Many potential explanations exist for the discrepancy between behavioral decisions (intentions) and actual behavior in both moral and nonmoral domains. Historically, much social psychological theory and research was devoted to understanding the imperfect link between intentions (e.g., moral decisions) and behavior. Field theory, the very foundation of social psychology, highlights the variability of individual behavior as a function of

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confidence: 99%

Moral Emotions and Moral Behavior

Tangney

Stuewig

Mashek

2007

Annu. Rev. Psychol.

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2,336

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“…Guilt, in contrast, is not associated with problems such as depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem (Leskela et al, 2002;Quiles & Bybee, 1997;Schaefer, 2000;Stuewig & McCloskey, 2005;Tangney & Dearing, 2002). Guilt may even serve as a protective factor against psychopathology in some cases, as it is associated with better anger management (Tangney et al, 1992), later onset of alcohol use (Tangney & Dearing, 2002), and reduced likelihood of drug and alcohol problems (Dearing et al, 2005).…”

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Remorse, psychopathology, and psychopathy among adolescent offenders.

Spice¹,

Viljoen²,

Douglas³

et al. 2015

Law and Human Behavior

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Remorse has long been important to the juvenile justice system. However, the nature of this construct has not yet been clearly articulated, and little research has examined its relationships with other theoretically and legally relevant variables. The present study was intended to address these issues by examining relationships among remorse, psychopathology, and psychopathy in a sample of adolescent offenders (N = 97) using the theoretically and empirically established framework of guilt and shame (Tangney & Dearing, 2002). Findings indicated that shame was positively related to behavioural features of psychopathy, whereas guilt was negatively related to psychopathic characteristics more broadly. In addition, shame was positively associated with numerous mental health problems whereas guilt was negatively associated with anger, depression, and anxiety. These results provide empirical support for theory that psychopathy is characterized by lack of remorse (e.g., Hare, 1991), and also underscore shame and guilt as potentially important treatment targets for adolescent offenders. Remorse 3Remorse, Psychopathology, and Psychopathy among Adolescent Offenders

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“…If people generally accept the norm of altruism, the extent to which a person has a natural tendency toward guilt should increase the likelihood of donation. Previous research has shown that predispositional guilt is positively related to prosocial volunteering (Quiles & Bybee, 1997). Little empirical research has been done on the relationship between predispositional guilt and donations, but a relationship similar to that of predispositional guilt and volunteering is expected, because both charitable donations and volunteerism are forms of prosocial behavior.…”

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“…response to the appeal and a dispositional guilt scale (Quiles & Bybee, 1997), along with demographic questions. See Appendix for questions.…”

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Guilt and giving: A process model of empathy and efficacy

Basil

Ridgway

Basil

2007

Psychology and Marketing

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This research develops a model of consumer response to charity appeals. Using the Extended Parallel Process Model from the fear appeal literature as a foundation, the current model proposes that empathy and self-efficacy generate guilt and reduce maladaptive responses, which, in turn, shapes donation intention. The results demonstrate that the impact of empathy on charitable donation intention is fully mediated by guilt and maladaptive responses. The impact of self-efficacy is partially mediated by guilt and maladaptive responses. Therefore, both empathy and self-efficacy determine whether guilt or maladaptive responses result. This model clarifies the process through which guilt appeals operate, by identifying the roles of empathy and self-efficacy.

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Chronic and Predispositional Guilt: Relations to Mental Health, Prosocial Behavior, and Religiosity

Cited by 124 publications

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Moral Emotions and Moral Behavior

Moral Emotions and Moral Behavior

Remorse, psychopathology, and psychopathy among adolescent offenders.

Guilt and giving: A process model of empathy and efficacy

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