Add to ORKGClick on the DOI link to access the article (may not be free).Research has paid scant attention to reparative behavior to compensate for unintended wrongdoing or to the role of emotions in doing the right thing. We propose a new approach to investigating reparative behavior by looking at moral emotions and psychological proximity. In this study, we compare the effects of moral emotions (guilt and shame) on the level of compensation for financial harm. We also investigate the role of transgressors' perceived psychological proximity to the victims of wrongdoing. Our hypotheses were tested through a scenario based questionnaire on a sample of 261 participants. Analyses indicate that (1) guilt has a stronger effect on the level of compensation ...
This project investigates the relationship between guilt and moral compensation, or pursuing morally...
It has often been found in the literature that guilt motivates reparative behavior and that shame el...
Guilt is generally assumed to motivate a desire to repair and to promote prosocial behavior. However...
It is widely assumed that guilt leads people to engage into reparatory behaviors. However, the proce...
This project investigates the relationship between guilt and moral compensation, or pursuing morally...
Despite the fact that the moral emotions guilt and shame seem similar, research has shown that there...
From the eighteenth century onwards, moral emotions are perceived as a specific group of emotions th...
Interpersonal research has shown that guilt motivates perpetrators to compensate victims at the expe...
Emotions, specifically those of shame and guilt, have been indicated as playing integral roles in de...
Participants recalled instances when they felt vicariously ashamed or guilty for anot...
Participants recalled instances when they felt vicariously ashamed or guilty for another’s wrongdoin...
Moral emotion is thought to have evolved to guide our behavior and control our impulse to achieve im...
Shame and guilt are unpleasant self-conscious emotions associated with negative evaluations of onese...
Guilt is considered by many researchers to be the hallmark social emotion. Guilt theories perceive g...
Most psychological theories and research on shame focus on the ugly aspects and negative consequence...
This project investigates the relationship between guilt and moral compensation, or pursuing morally...
It has often been found in the literature that guilt motivates reparative behavior and that shame el...
Guilt is generally assumed to motivate a desire to repair and to promote prosocial behavior. However...
It is widely assumed that guilt leads people to engage into reparatory behaviors. However, the proce...
This project investigates the relationship between guilt and moral compensation, or pursuing morally...
Despite the fact that the moral emotions guilt and shame seem similar, research has shown that there...
From the eighteenth century onwards, moral emotions are perceived as a specific group of emotions th...
Interpersonal research has shown that guilt motivates perpetrators to compensate victims at the expe...
Emotions, specifically those of shame and guilt, have been indicated as playing integral roles in de...
Participants recalled instances when they felt vicariously ashamed or guilty for anot...
Participants recalled instances when they felt vicariously ashamed or guilty for another’s wrongdoin...
Moral emotion is thought to have evolved to guide our behavior and control our impulse to achieve im...
Shame and guilt are unpleasant self-conscious emotions associated with negative evaluations of onese...
Guilt is considered by many researchers to be the hallmark social emotion. Guilt theories perceive g...
Most psychological theories and research on shame focus on the ugly aspects and negative consequence...
This project investigates the relationship between guilt and moral compensation, or pursuing morally...
It has often been found in the literature that guilt motivates reparative behavior and that shame el...
Guilt is generally assumed to motivate a desire to repair and to promote prosocial behavior. However...