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 ...

Guilt and shame are emotions that are often conflated with one another, but affect people very differently. In Daring Greatly (2015), author and researcher Brene Brown distinguished between shame and ...

"Sometimes self-condemnation, guilt and shame arise when wrong is done to us, or in situations where we feel a heightened sense of responsibility - even if there is no way we could control the outcome ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new global study published in Nature Human Behaviour provides evidence that people tend to act more generously toward others when they are aware of the negative consequences of their actions. This ...

How parents can raise kids to have a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. (Photo Illustration: Yahoo News, photo: Getty Images) For many of us, food wasn’t just food — it was rules, guilt, ...

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 ...