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Guilt and Shame in Chinese Culture: A Cross‐cultural Framework from the Perspective of Morality and Identity
Author(s) -
Bedford Olwen,
Hwang KwangKuo
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal for the theory of social behaviour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.615
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1468-5914
pISSN - 0021-8308
DOI - 10.1111/1468-5914.00210
Subject(s) - shame , morality , conceptualization , identity (music) , perspective (graphical) , cultural identity , psychology , social psychology , sociology , relation (database) , chinese culture , epistemology , aesthetics , china , law , philosophy , political science , linguistics , feeling , database , artificial intelligence , computer science
Olwen Bedford and Kwang‐Kuo Hwang, Guilt and Shame in Chinese Culture: A Cross‐cultural Framework from the Perspective of Morality and Identity, pp. 127–144.This article formulates a cross‐cultural framework for understanding guilt and shame based on a conceptualization of identity and morality in Western and Confucian cultures. First, identity is examined in each culture, and then the relation between identity and morality illuminated. The role of guilt and shame in upholding the boundaries of identity and enforcing the constraints of morality is then discussed from the perspective of each culture. The developed framework is then applied the emotions of guilt and shame in Chinese culture drawing on previous field research. Implications for future research are discussed.