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D. Ramona Bobocel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Weight of a Guilty Conscience: Subjective Body Weight as an Embodiment of Guilt
PloS one, 2013Co-Authors: Martin V. Day, D. Ramona BobocelAbstract:Guilt is an important social and moral emotion. In addition to feeling unpleasant, Guilt is metaphorically described as a “weight on one's conscience.” Evidence from the field of embodied cognition suggests that abstract metaphors may be grounded in bodily experiences, but no prior research has examined the embodiment of Guilt. Across four studies we examine whether i) unethical acts increase subjective experiences of weight, ii) Feelings of Guilt explain this effect, and iii) whether there are consequences of the weight of Guilt. Studies 1–3 demonstrated that unethical acts led to more subjective body weight compared to control conditions. Studies 2 and 3 indicated that heightened Feelings of Guilt mediated the effect, whereas other negative emotions did not. Study 4 demonstrated a perceptual consequence. Specifically, an induction of Guilt affected the perceived effort necessary to complete tasks that were physical in nature, compared to minimally physical tasks.
Martin V. Day - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Weight of a Guilty Conscience: Subjective Body Weight as an Embodiment of Guilt
PloS one, 2013Co-Authors: Martin V. Day, D. Ramona BobocelAbstract:Guilt is an important social and moral emotion. In addition to feeling unpleasant, Guilt is metaphorically described as a “weight on one's conscience.” Evidence from the field of embodied cognition suggests that abstract metaphors may be grounded in bodily experiences, but no prior research has examined the embodiment of Guilt. Across four studies we examine whether i) unethical acts increase subjective experiences of weight, ii) Feelings of Guilt explain this effect, and iii) whether there are consequences of the weight of Guilt. Studies 1–3 demonstrated that unethical acts led to more subjective body weight compared to control conditions. Studies 2 and 3 indicated that heightened Feelings of Guilt mediated the effect, whereas other negative emotions did not. Study 4 demonstrated a perceptual consequence. Specifically, an induction of Guilt affected the perceived effort necessary to complete tasks that were physical in nature, compared to minimally physical tasks.
Ilse Damhuis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Children's Understanding of Guild and Shame
Child Development, 1991Co-Authors: Tamara J. Ferguson, Hedy Stegge, Ilse DamhuisAbstract:Children's conceptions of the self-conscious emotions Guilt versus shame were investigated. In Study 1, 10–12-year-old children answered questions about scenarios that should elicit Feelings of Guilt and/or shame (moral transgressions and social blunders). In Study 2, 7–9- and 10–12-year-old children completed a sorting task to ascertain the features they associate with Guilt and shame. Feelings of Guilt were aroused by moral norm violations. Guilt Feelings were also seen as involving an approach-avoidance conflict with respect to the victim, self-criticism, remorse, desire to make amends, and fear of punishment. Feelings of shame resulted from both moral transgressions and social blunders. Younger children associated shame with embarrassment, blushing, ridicule, and escape. Older children additionally characterized shame as feeling stupid, being incapable of doing things right, and not being able to look at others.
Ingrid H. M. Steenhuis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Guilty or not? Feelings of Guilt about food among college women.
Appetite, 2008Co-Authors: Ingrid H. M. SteenhuisAbstract:Abstract The aim of this study was to assess how frequently and under what circumstances college women ( n = 55) experience Feelings of Guilt about food. Data were collected by means of a 1-week food diary. Results showed that a majority of the sample regularly experienced mild Feelings of Guilt. These Feelings were particularly likely to result from eating between-meal snacks in the afternoon or after-dinner eating in the evening. Eating candy and ice cream accounted for the most ‘Guilty moments’. Eating in certain social situations (e.g., eating at a friend's house) induced relatively more often Feelings of Guilt.
Viktor Gecas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Guilt shame and family socialization a retrospective study
Journal of Family Issues, 1997Co-Authors: Ellen Abell, Viktor GecasAbstract:In this study, we argue for the importance of Guilt and shame for the process of socialization via the role of these reflexive emotions in individuals' conformity to moral and social norms. Working from the assumption that the self-concept is the basis for Feelings of Guilt and shame, we test a number of hypotheses connecting the experience of these emotions to 3 styles of parental control (inductive, affective, and coercive). Undergraduate students (N = 270) completed questionnaires designed to assess their proneness to Feelings of Guilt and shame in situations of norm violations, and through retrospective reports the disciplinary practices of each of their parents. Results supported hypothesized connections between inductive control and Guilt, and between affective control and shame. The associations between parental control, Guilt, and shame in situations of intentional and unintentional norm violations differed depending on the gender of the parent relative to the gender of the child and on the intera...
