Zonkaku's guilt

Sexual Guilt

In this study, the interrelationships between the variables of sexual guilt, sexual experience, sexual misinformation and sexual satisfaction were examined. One hundred and twenty-five college students, selected through a stratified cluster sampling technique, completed a questionnaire consisting of: a) Mosher Forced Choice Inventory Sexual Guilt subscale; b) a list of 40 common sexual myths an...

Eco-Guilt 1 Running head: ECO-GUILT Eco-Guilt: Personal Responsibility and Actual Behavior’s Affect on Environmental Guilt

In this study, individuals’ levels of personal responsibility and actual behavior towards protecting the environment were studied to examine the effects both these variables would have on the individuals’ environmental guilt or “eco-guilt.” The research measured 95 participants’ personal eco-guilt through surveys. Half received a manipulation that was used to make them feel responsible for thei...

'Imagined guilt' vs 'recollected guilt': implications for fMRI.

Guilt is thought to maintain social harmony by motivating reparation. This study compared two methodologies commonly used to identify the neural correlates of guilt. The first, imagined guilt, requires participants to read hypothetical scenarios and then imagine themselves as the protagonist. The second, recollected guilt, requires participants to reflect on times they personally experienced gu...

Vicarious Shame and Guilt

Participants recalled instances when they felt vicariously ashamed or guilty for another’s wrongdoing and rated their appraisals of the event and resulting motivations. The study tested aspects of social association that uniquely predict vicarious shame and guilt. Results suggest that the experience of vicarious shame and vicarious guilt are distinguishable. Vicarious guilt was predicted by one...

Sex With Guilt