弥补行为和自我惩罚对内疚感的降低作用

The reducing effects of conciliatory behavior and self-punishment on guilt

本研究采用情境性问卷,通过三个实验探讨弥补行为和自我惩罚对内疚感的降低作用,结果发现:(1)选择弥补行为的被试明显多于选择自我惩罚和同时采取两种行为的被试;(2)弥补行为和自我惩罚对内疚感均有降低作用,且弥补行为对内疚感的降低作用更高;(3)冒犯者与被冒犯者的社会距离越近,冒犯者内疚感越强,但社会距离对冒犯者采取弥补行为或自我惩罚后的内疚感无影响,且对内疚感降低程度也无影响。因此,弥补行为对内疚感的降低作用高于自我惩罚。

In this study,three experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of conciliatory behavior and self-punishment on guilt.The results showed that:(1)When there was a chance to repair,the number of subjects who choose conciliatory behavior was significantly more than those who choose self-punishment and take two kinds of behavior at the same time;(2)Both conciliatory behavior and self-punishment had a reducing effect on guilt,and conciliatory behavior had a decreasing effect on guilt,which was higher than that of self-punishment;(3)The closer the social distance between the offender and the offended,the stronger the guilt of the offender.However,social distance had no effect on the guilt of the offender after taking remedial action or self-punishment,and had no effect on the degree of guilt reduction.The above research shows that the effect of conciliatory behavior on guilt is higher than that of self punishment.