Guilt, shame/embarrassment, and their personality correlates.

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  • Arimitsu Kohki
    Department of Psychology, School of Humanities, Kwansei Gakuin University

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  • 罪悪感, 羞恥心と性格特性の関係
  • ザイアクカン シュウチシン ト セイカク トクセイ ノ カンケイ

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Abstract

The present study examined guilt ('zaiakukan' in Japanese), shame and embarrassment ('haji' or 'shuchishin'), and their relationships to personality traits. Two hundred ninety-two (292) Japanese undergraduates answered Situational Guilt Inventory, Situational Shyness Questionnaire, Self-Consciousness Scale, and the Big Five Scale. Results showed that guilt and shame/embarrassment had high, positive correlations among their subscales. With the effect of shame/embarrassment controlled, guilt had a positive correlation with agreeableness and private self-consciousness. With guilt controlled, shame/embarrassment had a positive correlation with neuroticism and public self-consciousness, and a negative one with extraversion, openness to experience, and agreeableness. These results indicated that guilt had some social adaptive function, and shame/embarrassment had some bearing on maladaptive behaviors. The relationship of guilt, shame/embarrassment, and self-consciousness was different for men and women, and the difference was discussed in terms of sex roles.

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