Culture and guilt: guilt, an emotion under suspicion

  1. Etxebarria Bilbao, Itziar
Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2000

Volumen: 12

Número: 1

Páginas: 101-108

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Psicothema

Resumen

Cultura y Culpa: la culpa, una emoción bajo sospecha. En la actualidad, tanto entre los psicólogos como entre diferentes grupos sociales, se acepta ampliamente que los sentimientos de culpa están condicionados culturalmente, que producen efectos mayormente negativos para las personas, sin ninguna otra función que la de control social. La culpa se percibe como un fenómeno con el que se viviría mejor sin el cual se podría reemplazar con un juicio racional de las acciones. Mediante la revisión de los principales estudios sobre los efectos y las funciones de la culpa, así como sobre la influencia cultural en los anteriores, analizaremos hasta qué punto la concepción antes descrita de la culpa es adecuada.

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