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Feeling Guilty as a Social Emotion. Analysis of Selected Research Perspectives

Author(s): Joanna Bielecka-Prus
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Łódzki - Wydział Ekonomiczno-Socjologiczny
Keywords: sociology of emotions; feeling guilty; shame; social maladjustment

Summary/Abstract: Feeling guilty is said to be one of important emotions with the social origin, but still little is known about the process of its construction in individual and collective life. The aim of the article is to show different possibilities of researching the problem. The first part of the text poses the problem of defining and classifying the feeling of guilt. Then, selected research perspectives are analyzed connected with arousing, maintaining, and managing the feeling. The final part presents the result of interviews (IDI) with socially maladjusted boys about their feelings of guilt in personal life.

  • Issue Year: IX/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 104-127
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish