Citation

Roos S, Hodges EV, Salmivalli C. Dev. Psychol. 2014; 50(3): 941-946.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, American Psychological Association)

DOI

10.1037/a0033904

PMID

23895166

Abstract

In this short-term longitudinal study, we systematically examined the distinctiveness of guilt- and shame-proneness in early adolescents (N = 395, mean age = 11.8 years) in terms of differential relations with peer reported prosocial behavior, withdrawal, and aggression. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that guilt-proneness concurrently predicted more aggressive and less prosocial behavior as well as subsequent increases in prosocial behavior. Shame-proneness predicted subsequent decreases in prosocial behavior. Although girls reported a greater proneness to experience guilt and shame than boys, the associations between the two dispositional emotions and social behaviors were found to be similar across time and gender. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved).

Language: en