Feeling Guilty, Acting Ashamed: The Role of Emotions on Morality and Rule-Violating Behavior Ceara A. Tavares, Ellen S. Cohn, & Alexander Blandina University.

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Feeling Guilty, Acting Ashamed: The Role of Emotions on Morality and Rule-Violating Behavior Ceara A. Tavares, Ellen S. Cohn, & Alexander Blandina University of New Hampshire Introduction Results Discussion Findings Hypothesis: Unconscious emotions will play a mediating role between self-conscious emotions and everyday morality Empathy and anger were partial mediators between guilt and morality Empathy and anger were full mediators between shame and morality Implications Both guilt and shame are associated with higher levels of empathy which then lead to high levels of morality Guilt and shame are also associated with lower levels of anger which then lead to lower levels of morality Anger is related with less morality, whereas empathy is related to more morality Unconscious emotions completely account for the relationship between shame and morality Limitations Guilt was not fully mediated Sex was not included to measure differences Anticipatory shame and guilt were measured Proneness measures innate traits of shame & guilt Future Directions Measure anticipatory shame & guilt as well as shame- and guilt-proneness Include other unconscious emotions (embarrassment, pride, self-esteem) Include acts of rule-violating behaviors Self-conscious emotions (shame and guilt)5 influence moral decisions3 and play a predicting role in consequent rule-violating behavior. Unconscious emotions (anger and empathy)7 also have a relation with self-conscious emotions. Studies have found relations to shame and anger as well as guilt and empathy. Furthermore, we know that self-conscious emotions influence morality. However, all three of these concepts have never been studied together to investigate a mediating effect between unconscious emotions, self-conscious emotions and morality. Self-conscious emotions5: Shame: Negative evaluation of the self (“bad person”), avoidance & denial of the situation Guilt: Negative evaluation of the behavior (“bad act”), reparative actions & remorse Unconscious emotions7: Anger: Feelings of hostility, annoyance, and aggression toward others Empathy: Perspective-taking, sympathy, understanding others’ feelings Morality1: Judgments of right and wrong Moral development influences decision-making Predicts outcomes such as rule-violation Research on emotions is an important part of furthering our understanding about decision-making and morality. How an individual feels plays a large role in consequent actions, especially when it comes to predicting rule-violating behaviors. Figure 1: Guilt Guilt Empathy Anger Morality .18*** .30** .11* -.30*** -.13** Hypotheses Hypothesis: Unconscious emotions will play a mediating role between self-conscious emotions and everyday morality Hypothesis 1: Empathy will mediate between guilt and morality. Hypothesis 2: Anger will mediate between shame and morality. X2(1) = 5.85, p < .05, GFI = .99, CFI = .97, RMSEA = .10, p > .05 Figure 2: Shame Method Shame Empathy Anger Morality References .19*** .30*** Participants: 484 adolescents (316 Middle School, 168 High School) 298 female, 186 male Ages 11-17 (M =15.45, SD = 1.54) 83% Caucasian, 3.7% Hispanic, 2.7% African American, 10.6% Other Procedure: Secondary analysis of data from the New Hampshire Youth Study (NHYS)1 Questionnaires were distributed to 8 middle schools and 5 high schools throughout New Hampshire Data used in this study was collected in wave 1 (Fall 2008), wave 2 (Spring 2009), and wave 3 (Fall 2010) Materials: Guilt1 (M = 4.27, SD = 1.54, α = .90) Shame1 (M = 4.47, SD = 1.38, α = .90) 6 items about feeling guilty/ashamed (e.g. Getting drunk) Empathy4 (M = 1.94, SD = .52, α = .74) 8 items on a modified Empathy Scale (e.g. I am usually aware of the feelings of other people) Anger4 (M = 1.18, SD = .79, α = .86) 4 items about hostility towards others (e.g. When I have a serious argument with someone, it’s usually hard for me to talk calmly about it without getting upset) Prosocial Morality7 (M = 4.45, SD = 1.17, α = .82) 7 items on the Vision of Morality Scale (VMS) (e.g. The school I attend needs volunteers who will come two hours early…I volunteer and come two hours early) 1Cohn, E. 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The 'shoulds' and 'should nots' of moral emotions: A self-regulatory perspective on shame and guilt. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36(2), 213-224. doi:10.1177/0146167209356788 6Shelton, C. M., & McAdams, D. P. (1990). In search of an everyday morality: The development of a measure. Adolescence, 25(100), 923-943. 7Silfver, M. & Helkama, K. (2007). Empathy, guilt, and gender: A comparison of two measures of guilt. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 48, 239–246. 8Tangney, J. P., Stuewig, J., & Mashek, D. J. (2007). Moral emotions and moral behavior. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 345–372. 10.1146/annurev.psych. 56.091103.070145 .08 -.33*** -.14** X2(1) = 5.26, p < .05, GFI = .96, CFI = .97, RMSEA = .10, p > .05 1This research was supported by grants SES-0550145 and SES-1026803 from the National Science Foundation and Social Sciences Program. For more information contact: cah254@wildcats.unh.edu