¿Orgullo moral solo bajo la mirada positiva de los otros?Los efectos del elogio y la crítica sobre el orgullo moral y la culpa

  1. Susana Conejero 1
  2. Pedro Apodaca 1
  3. Aitziber Pascual 1
  4. Itziar Etxebarria 1
  5. María-José Ortiz 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

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Journal:
International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social

ISSN: 0213-4748,  1579-3680

Year of publication: 2019

Issue Title: Los procesos metacognitivos de separación del propio pensamiento : una visión general ilustrativa

Volume: 34

Issue: 3

Pages: 456-478

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2019.1639341 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: International Journal of Social Psychology, Revista de Psicología Social

Abstract

This study analysed the influence of praise and criticism on moral pride (the pride we feel when we believe we have done something morally good) and guilt. Ninety-two adolescents (age: M = 15.17, SD = 0.43; 44.6% girls, 55.4% boys) completed a questionnaire which outlined 10 scenarios based on combinations of three variables: the moral nature of the action (positive/negative); praise, criticism or the absence of either; and the source (parents/peers). Participants were asked to indicate the intensity with which they would feel pride and guilt (seven-point scale). Praise of positive actions increased pride. Interestingly, criticism of positive actions reduced pride and increased guilt, while praise of negative actions reduced guilt and increased pride. No differences were found between the pride felt after a criticized positive action and that felt after a praised negative action. A parallel effect was not, however, observed for guilt. These results reveal the strong, sometimes pernicious, influence of praise and criticism on guilt and pride and, even more, the need for praise by others in the experience of moral pride.

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This research project was supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (project code: PSI2009-11600), as well as by a grant from the University of the Basque Country and Basque Government for the research group Culture, Cognition and Emotion (grant reference: IT-1187-19). / Esta investigación recibió el apoyo de una ayuda del Ministerio español de Ciencia e Innovación (proyecto: PSI2009-11600), así como de

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