title: Do guilt- and shame-proneness differentially predict prosocial, aggressive, and withdrawn behaviors during early adolescence?
abstract: In this short-term longitudinal study, we systematically examined the distinctiveness of guilt- and shame-proneness in early adolescents (N = 395, mean age = 11.8 years) in terms of differential relations with peer reported prosocial behavior, withdrawal, and aggression. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that guilt-proneness concurrently predicted more aggressive and less prosocial behavior as well as subsequent increases in prosocial behavior. Shame-proneness predicted subsequent decreases in prosocial behavior. Although girls reported a greater proneness to experience guilt and shame than boys, the associations between the two dispositional emotions and social behaviors were found to be similar across time and gender.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Sanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roos
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St. John's University.
authors.forename: Ernest V E
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Hodges
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salmivalli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D035863:Moral Development; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D057566:Self Report; D012919:Social Behavior; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013997:Time Factors