Young children show negative emotions after failing to help others.

Self-conscious emotions, such as guilt and shame, motivate the adherence to social norms, including to norms for prosociality. The relevance of an observing audience to the expression of negative self-conscious emotions remains poorly understood. Here, in two studies, we investigated the influence o...

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Main Authors: Stella C Gerdemann, Jenny Tippmann, Bianca Dietrich, Jan M Engelmann, Robert Hepach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266539