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DEGREE OF GUILT LEVEL IN GROUPS OF RUSSIAN PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT SOCIAL AND SEX-RELATED FEATURES

Белинская Елена Валерьевна

Annotation

The article describes the approach to studying guilt based on scientific findings of American psychologists. The author emphasizes heterogeneity of the phenomenon of guilt and mentions mature conscious guilt and some irrational deconditioning types of guilt. The article provides the results of the experimental study which has revealed that inclination to experience various types of guilt is significantly different in groups of prosocial and anti-social males, while parameters of inclination to feel various types of guilt in male and female groups differ partially.

Key words

phenomenon of guilt, adaptive guilt, irrational deconditioning guilt, survival guilt, separation guilt, hyper responsibility guilt, guilt of hatred to oneself, social adaptation.

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