Do Guilt- and Shame-Proneness Differentially Predict Prosocial, Aggressive, and Withdrawn Behaviors During Early Adolescence?
: Roos S, Hodges EVE, Salmivalli C
Publisher: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
: 2014
: Developmental Psychology
: DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
: DEV PSYCHOL
: 50
: 3
: 941
: 946
: 6
: 0012-1649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0033904
In this short-term longitudinal study, we systematically examined the distinctiveness of guilt-and shame-proneness in early adolescents (N = 395, mean age = 11.8 years) in terms of differential relations with peer reported prosocial behavior, withdrawal, and aggression. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that guilt-proneness concurrently predicted more aggressive and less prosocial behavior as well as subsequent increases in prosocial behavior. Shame-proneness predicted subsequent decreases in prosocial behavior. Although girls reported a greater proneness to experience guilt and shame than boys, the associations between the two dispositional emotions and social behaviors were found to be similar across time and gender.