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ERIC Number: EJ661614
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Cortisol Response to Embarrassment and Shame.
Lewis, Michael; Ramsay, Douglas
Child Development, v73 n4 p1034-45 Jul-Aug 2002
This study examined individual differences in 4-year-old children's expression of the self-conscious emotions of embarrassment and shame and their relation to differences in cortisol response to stress. Results indicated the presence of two different types of embarrassment--one that reflected negative evaluation of the self, and the other a non-valuative type that reflected simply exposure of the self when the individual was the object of others' attention. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Emotional Response, Preschool Children, Psychophysiology, Self Concept, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Stress Variables
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Embarrassment; Hydrocortisone; Physiological Response; Self Consciousness; Shame