Moral Guilt and Shame: An Investigation of Their Associations With Personality, Values, Spirituality and Religiosity

"Results indicated that females report significantly higher levels and guilt and shame than males. Guilt and shame triggered by different transgressions were found to be differentially associated with personality traits and values, suggesting that individuals experience more guilt and shame from transgressions that are in dissonance with held values and self-reported personality traits. Spirituality and intrinsic religiosity were positively associated with guilt, although the correlations were modest. Categorization of accounts of personal experiences of guilt and shame indicated ""fail duty/expectations"" as an important category of guilt and shame triggers, in addition to the ones used in the measure implemented in this study. Responses to questions about coping with guilt and shame suggested that these emotions may play an important positive role in individuals' moral development."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Nan, Luana M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Espelage, Dorothy L.

• Religion, General

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3301199

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/82146