Shame and Guilt-Do They Really Differ in Their Focus of Evaluation? Wanting to Change the Self and Behavior in Response to Ingroup Immorality
Shame and Guilt-Do They Really Differ in Their Focus of Evaluation? Wanting to Change the Self and Behavior in Response to Ingroup Immorality
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DOI：
10.1080/00224545.2012.657265
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Brown, Rupert
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作者：
Gausel, Nicolay;Brown, Rupert
羞耻和内疚通常被认为是在自我和行为焦点上有所不同。然而，我们认为，从群体的角度来看，情况并非如此。在我们的实地研究中，196名社区参与者面临着历史上的群体内不道德行为。结果显示，年龄足够大的参与者比年龄太小的参与者更有负罪感和羞耻感。部分是由于他们的内群体愤怒，羞耻感激发了改变内群体自我和行为的意图。相反，部分由于个人的愤怒，内疚激发了改变个人自我和行为的意图。这表明羞耻和内疚之间的区别并不像以前的研究假设的那样明确。
Shame and guilt are often theorized to differ on a self versus behavior focus. However, we propose that this is not true when taking a group perspective. In our field study, 196 communal participants were confronted with historical ingroup immorality. Results showed that participants who were old enough to have understood what happened in that time-period felt more guilt and shame than did those who were too young. Partly due to their ingroup anger, shame motivated an intention to change the ingroup self and behavior. In contrast, partly due to personal anger, guilt motivated an intention to change personal self and behavior. This suggests that the distinction between shame and guilt are not as clear-cut as previous research have assumed.