Tracing the self-regulatory bases of moral emotions
Date
10/2010Metadata
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In this article we explore a self-regulatory perspective on the self-evaluative moral emotions, shame and guilt. Broadly conceived, self-regulation distinguishes between two types of motivation: approach/activation and avoidance/inhibition. We use this distinction to conceptually understand the socialization dimensions (parental restrictiveness versus nurturance), associated emotions (anxiety versus empathy), and forms of morality (proscriptive versus prescriptive) that serve as precursors to each self-evaluative moral emotion. We then examine the components of shame and guilt experiences in greater detail and conclude with more general implications of a self-regulatory perspective on moral emotions.
Citation
Sheikh , S & Janoff-Bulman , R 2010 , ' Tracing the self-regulatory bases of moral emotions ' , Emotion Review , vol. 2 , no. 4 , pp. 386-396 . https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073910374660
Publication
Emotion Review
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1754-0739Type
Journal article
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© 2010 SAGE Publications and The International Society for Research on Emotion. This is an author version of the article deposited in accordance with publisher policies.
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