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 ...

For many Latinas, faith is more than just a belief system; it's a birthright, a family tradition, and a cultural foundation. Religion shapes how we love, how we live, and often, how we see ourselves.

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 ...

Feelings of guilt and shame can lead us to behave in a variety of different ways, including trying to make amends or save face, cooperating more with others or avoiding people altogether. Now, ...