Journal article
Patterns of Guilt in Children of Depressed and Well Mothers
Developmental psychology, Vol.26(1), pp.51-59
01/1990
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.26.1.51
Abstract
Expressions of guilt were examined in 87 children, 5-9 years old, in a psychiatric interview and in a semiprojective procedure using vignettes to elicit children's narratives about interpersonal conflict and distress. Psychiatric assessments yielded similar patterns for children of depressed and well mothers, but semiprojective representations differed for the two groups. Children of well mothers showed prototypic expressions of adaptive guilt involving themes of responsibility and reparation, especially at the older ages. In contrast, themes of children of depressed mothers often were aberrant, distorted, and unresolved, indicating possible differences in the etiology and functions of their guilt. Guilt is considered in relation to other dimensions of affect, theories of moral development, patterns of adaptation and maladaptation, and processes of social transmission of emotional problems.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Patterns of Guilt in Children of Depressed and Well Mothers
- Creators
- Carolyn Zahn-Waxler - Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MarylandGrazyna Kochanska - Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MarylandJanice Krupnick - George Washington UniversityDonald McKnew - Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, Vol.26(1), pp.51-59
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0012-1649.26.1.51
- ISSN
- 0012-1649
- eISSN
- 1939-0599
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/1990
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984213267502771
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