Examining a model of self-conscious emotions : the relationship of physical self-perception and shame and guilt proneness with appraisals in the experience of body-related shame and guilt

Self-conscious emotions such as shame and guilt are powerful emotions that can influence an individual’s behaviours and cognitions in many daily activities. These emotions can function as motivators, resulting in increased effort or change of action to reduce or avoid feeling the emotion again. Alth...

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Main Author: Brune, Sara Marlene
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38053