Guilt and Proneness to Shame: Unethical Behaviour in Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism
Abstract: Narcissists are described as individuals with dysfunctional personality traits such as lack of psychological awareness and empathy. Theories of ethical behaviour assume that unethical actions trigger moral emotions of guilt and shame. Currently, there is a lack of knowledge on moral emotions as dispositional traits and their potential influences on behaviour in individuals with narcissistic traits. The present study examined vulnerable and grandiose narcissism’s differences in the propensity to experience guilt and shame as a proneness, across a range of personal transgressions. Guilt proneness was measured by negative evaluation of unethical behaviour, and whether this evaluation could influence reparation of tendencies of unethical action in vulnerable and grandiose narcissism. Shame proneness was investigated by negative evaluation of the self, and then whether the previous tendency could affect unethical decision making and behaviour (e.g., hiding), in vulnerable and grandiose .... https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/1355
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Guilt and Proneness to Shame: Unethical Behaviour in Vulnerable and Grandiose Narcissism ; volume:14 ; number:1 ; day:12 ; month:03 ; year:2018
Europe's journal of psychology ; 14, Heft 1 (12.03.2018)
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Pauline Georgees Poless
Linda Torstveit
Ricardo Gregorio Lugo
Marita Andreassen
Stefan Sütterlin
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10.5964/ejop.v14i1.1355
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101417024215763472
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Beteiligte
- Pauline Georgees Poless
- Linda Torstveit
- Ricardo Gregorio Lugo
- Marita Andreassen
- Stefan Sütterlin