Self-Focused Emotions and Ethical Decision-Making: Comparing the Effects of Regulated and Unregulated Guilt, Shame, and Embarrassment.

Research has examined various cognitive processes underlying ethical decision-making, and has recently begun to focus on the differential effects of specific emotions. The present study examines three self-focused moral emotions and their influence on ethical decision-making: guilt, shame, and embar...

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Publicado en:Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 27 - 64
Autores principales: Higgs, Cory, McIntosh, Tristan, Connelly, Shane, Mumford, Michael
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Publicado: Springer Nature Feb2020
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          Department of Psychology, The University of Oklahoma, 73072, Norman, OK, USA
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