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Given their strong theoretical relevance to both individual and interpersonal adjustment and functioning, it is ironic that the "self-conscious" emotions have been among the most neglected in the research literature. In recent years, however, the study of affect has come into its own as a vigorous, respectable, and productive branch of scientific psychology, and with this shift has come a new interest in emotions such as shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride. This volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth review of the current theoretical and empirical literature on these emotions. It brings together contributions from leading researchers and theoreticians from the fields of developmental psychology, clinical psychology, psychiatry, and sociology, reflecting the emerging coherence in this area of study.
The introduction provides a general framework for conceptualization and research on the self-conscious emotions. The book then addresses developmental issues, including the nature of these affective experiences among children, from late infancy to middle childhood, and implications for children's psychosocial functioning. Detailed explorations of the relationship of self-conscious emotions to aspects of social behavior and the social environment and to various types of psychopathology are also presented. Chapters demonstrate how an understanding of self-conscious emotions can greatly enhance the treatment of a wide range of maladaptive patterns of behavior, including marital conflict, depression, anxiety, and antisocial behavior. The final section discusses cross-cultural continuities and discontinuities in self-conscious affect. Throughout, the book highlights the need for innovative and diverse methodologies to systematically study the nature and functions of these feelings.
The unique focus on empirical approaches makes this work an invaluable resource for the growing number of researchers interested in the study of self-conscious affect and social behavior. Demonstrating the wide-ranging implications of this research for clinical practice, the book will interest practitioners in clinical psychology, psychiatry, and developmental psychology. In addition, Self-Conscious Emotions will benefit professionals in social psychology, sociology, and anthropology, and will serve as useful text for courses in the psychology of emotion, personality and emotion, and cultural psychology.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Part I Introduction
• Fischer, Tangney
• Self-Conscious Emotions and the Affect Revolution: Framework and Overview
• Part II Frames for the Study of Self-Conscious Emotions
• Barrell
• A Functionalist Approach to Shame and Guilt
• Mascolo
• Developmental Transformations in Appraisals for Pride, Shame, and Guilt
• Tangney Shame and Guilt in Interpersonal Relationships
• Part III Development of Self-Conscious Emotions
• Zahn-Waxler, RobinsonEmpathy and Guilt: Early Origins of Feelings and Responsibility
• Ferguson, Stegge Emotional States and Traits in Children: The Case of Guilt and Shame
• Lewis Embarrassment: The Emotion of Self?Exposure
• Griffin A Cognitive-Developmental Analysis of Pride, Shame, and Embarrassment in Middle Childhood
• Stipek The Development of Pride and Shame in Toddlers
• Part IV Self-Conscious Emotions and Social Behavior
• Baumeister, Stillwell, Heatherton Interpersonal Aspects of Guilt: Two Studies Using Autobiographical Narratives
• Lindsay-Hartz, de Rivera, Mascolo Differentiating Guilt and Shame and their Effects on Motivation
• Jones, Kugler, Adams You Always Hurt the One You Love: Guilt and Transgressions against Relationship Partners
• Miller Embarrassment and Social Behavior
• Part V Self-Conscious Emotions
• Tangney, Burggraf, Wagner Shame-Proneness, Guilt-Proneness, and Psychological Symptoms
• Hardner Shame and Guilt Assessment, and Relationships of Shame- and Guilt-Proneness to Psychopathology
• Scheff Conflict in Family Systems: The Role of Shame
• Emde, Oppenheimer Shame, Guilt, and the Oedipal Drama: Developmental Considerations Concerning Morality and the Referencing of Critical Others
• Part VI Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Self-Conscious Emotions
• Kitayama, Markus, Matsumoto Culture Self, and Emotion: A Cultural Perspective on "Self-Conscious" Emotions
• Wallbott, Scherer Cultural Determinants in Experiencing Shame and Guilt
• Miyake, Yamazaki Self-Conscious Emotions, Child Rearing, and Child Psychopathology in Japanese Culture
• Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

June Price Tangney, PhD is Associate Professor of Psychology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Since receiving her doctorate in clinical psychology from UCLA in 1985, she has conducted research on the development and implications of shame and guilt. More recently, her work has focused on the links between shame and constructive versus destructive responses to anger. Her research has been fidned by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and her papers have appeared in numerous professional journals.
Kurt W. Fischer, PhD, is Professor of Education in the Department of Human Development and Psychology at Harvard University, where he is leading an initiative to focus on diversity in development and its implications for education. Coeditor (with Geraldine Dawson) of Human Behavior and the Developing Brain , he previously served as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford, where he organized a group on Dynamic Modeling of Growth and Development.