Differentiating guilt and shame in an interpersonal context with univariate activation and multivariate pattern analyses

R Zhu, C Feng, S Zhang, X Mai, C Liu - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
Guilt and shame are usually evoked during interpersonal interactions. However, no study
has compared guilt and shame processing under such circumstances. In the present study …

Early distinction between shame and guilt processing in an interpersonal context

R Zhu, H Wu, Z Xu, H Tang, X Shen, X Mai… - Social …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Shame and guilt have been compared in many behavioral and functional magnetic
resonance imaging studies. However, the time course of shame and guilt processing …

The dark side of gratitude: Gratitude could lead to moral violation

R Zhu, Z Xu, H Tang, H Wang, S Zhang, Z Zhang… - Journal of experimental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Past research has provided abundant evidence for the positive impacts of gratitude on
individuals and society. However, based on the social function of gratitude, which is …

The effect of shame on anger at others: awareness of the emotion-causing events matters

R Zhu, Z Xu, H Tang, J Liu, H Wang, Y An… - Cognition and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Numerous studies have found that shame increases individuals' anger at others. However,
according to recent theories about the social function of shame and anger at others, it is …

What does being hard on yourself communicate to others? The role of symbolic implications of self-punishment in attributions of remorse

S Hechler, M Wenzel, L Woodyatt… - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Self-punishment, the adverse treatment of the self as a response to own wrongdoing, seems
dysfunctional on first sight. However, it may have interpersonal benefits, as it may affect how …

Mortality salience enhances neural activities related to guilt and shame when recalling the past

Z Xu, R Zhu, S Zhang, S Zhang, Z Liang, X Mai… - Cerebral …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mortality salience (MS) influences cognition and behavior. However, its effect on emotion
(especially moral emotions) and the underlying neural correlates are unclear. We …

Self‐punishment promotes reconciliation with third parties by addressing the symbolic implications of wrongdoing

M de Vel‐Palumbo, M Wenzel… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐punishment is a highly costly—and potentially harmful—way transgressors can
respond to a wrongdoing. In this research, we propose that people might punish themselves …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the role of relational utility in guilt and regret

X Zhang, M Zeelenberg, SM Breugelmans - Acta Psychologica, 2024 - Elsevier
Relational utility refers to the value of another person for the attainment of one's future goals
through social interaction. Nelissen (2014) found that relational utility influences the intensity …

Appeasing yourself or others?–the use of self-punishment and compensation and how it influences punishment

T Friehe, S Hippel, A Schielke - Journal of economic psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes experimental data to better understand self-punishment and
compensation as potential means for making amends for having caused distributional harm …

Relational utility and social norms in games

R Su, B Morsky - Mathematical Social Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Social norms, the informal rules of society, and relational utility, eg utility generated by guilt,
are mechanisms by which cooperation and coordination can be facilitated. Here we add …