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August 1, 1998The Journal of Social Psychology

The Association of Shame and Guilt with Suicidality

David S. Lester

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Key Points

To examine how individual experiences of shame and guilt differentially relate to suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
Psychological survey assessing self-conscious emotional traits alongside measures of suicidality.
Correlational analyses evaluating the distinct relationships between shame, guilt, and suicidal risk.
Shame demonstrated a direct positive association with elevated suicidality.
Guilt exhibited a distinct pattern of association compared with shame, highlighting different psychological pathways.

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Implication

Psychological study reveals distinct links between moral emotions and suicidality, suggesting differential roles for shame and guilt.

Abstract

"The Association of Shame and Guilt with Suicidality." The Journal of Social Psychology, 138(4), pp. 535–536

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David S. Lester (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0f50ecb997c1a6759bd57e https://doi.org/10.1080/00224549809600407

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