Weening, Famke (2025) Impact of Anger Regulation and Cost on Feelings of Guilt and Shame. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Moral emotions such as anger, guilt and shame play a central role in our emotional regulation. Research shows that suppression sustains negative emotions and has led to negative outcomes for social functioning. Shame and guilt are examples of these emotions; they are self-conscious emotions and play a central role in motivating and regulating people’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. In the current study, we aim to investigate guilt and shame as a result of anger suppression, and whether this effect may differ in the extent to which expressing anger may be costly. We hypothesized that feelings of guilt and shame would be higher after suppression as opposed to expression of anger moreover, we propose that this effect will be more pronounced when social costs are higher. We conducted a survey with a hypothetical moral transgression (N = 367), where we manipulated anger regulation (suppression versus expression) and social costs (high versus low). Results show that suppression alone did not lead to higher feelings of guilt and shame. However, it was found that feelings of guilt and shame are higher after suppressing anger when social costs are high instead of low. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the emotional consequences of anger regulation and highlight the importance of social context in emotion regulation processes. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Gordijn, E.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 May 2025 13:38 |
| Last Modified: | 19 May 2025 13:38 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4890 |
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