Psychological Development and Education ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 113-118.

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Relationship Between Counterfactual Thinking and Guilt and Shame——Taking the university student and the juvenile delinquent as an example

GAO Xue-de1, ZHOU Ai-bao2, SU Guang-ping3   

  1. 1. The Economic Management College of Gansu United University, Lanzhou 730000;
    2. Department of Psychology, NorthWest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070;
    3. Department of Law, College of Gansu United University, Lanzhou 730000
  • Online:2008-10-15 Published:2008-10-15

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Abstract: This study is intended to test a "self and behavior" hypothesis of the differences between Guilt and Shame by using self-report method from the perspective of counterfactual thinking,it systematically approaches the features that the subjects of col ege students and juvenile criminals have in the relat ionship of the counterfactual thinking and Guilt andme. The results are as follows:1)The result of this study does not support the "self and behavior" hypothesis of the differences between Guilt and Shame advanced by western scholars and even opposes their study results;2)The relationship of counterfactual thinking and Guilt and Shame between college students and juvenile criminals has consistency in factual situation.

Key words: Counterfactual thinking, Guilt, Shame, Juvenile criminals

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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