Ever wonder how childhood trauma follows us into adult relationships? Shame and self-blame can shape behaviors, and healing ...

When most of us hear the word “repent,” we immediately tend to think of punishment and begging for forgiveness. It's almost ...

Guilt and shame are universal human emotions that shape how we navigate our social worlds. Though often lumped together, they are distinct in their experience and function. Guilt arises from our ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 03 - Good Health & Wellbeing. Embarrassment, shame, and guilt are related but also distinct emotions. Embarrassment arises from ...

Do you have a deep, dark secret? Edgar Allan Poe is popularly known for writing early-American horror stories. But for me, he is a social scientist who used fiction instead of theory and statistics to ...

In his new book, psychologist Chris Moore challenges popular assumptions about guilt and explains why this uncomfortable ...

Years ago at a forgiveness class for Stanford Continuing Studies, one of us met a man who once had a wife and two children and a good job. But he threw it all away because of a gambling addiction that ...

Human emotions come in many shapes and forms. Some, like sadness and happiness, are rather easy to explain. Others, like guilt, pride, and shame, are a great deal more complex. They have in common ...

"Mom guilt is the number one thing I see as a psychologist who works with moms every day," Caitlin Slavens, BAACS, MC, R ...

Guilt and shame – not hope for recovery – are among the most common reasons terminally ill cancer patients continue with minimally beneficial treatments at the end of life, according to Rutgers ...

Remember Gomer Pyle, the hapless and saintly TV marine? His philosophical lexicon was limited, but it included two all-purpose expressions: Surprise, surprise, surprise! and Shame, shame, shame! The ...