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: Gerdemann, SC, Tippmann, J, Dietrich, B, Engelmann, JM, Hepach, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2022