Feelings of guilt arise from betraying your own rules for ethical behavior. If these rules belonged to someone else, you’d be guilt-free. But if, however unconsciously, you’re affiliated with these ...

The greatest obstacles to healing and growth following intimate betrayal—abuse, infidelity, or deceit—are also the cruelest because they seem so unfair. Guilt is a primary example. In hidden and overt ...

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Guilt is everywhere. Guilt is so common that you might feel like it’s second nature. Do you find much of what you do — and how you do it — is driven by a feeling of guilt? Do you apologize for things ...

Ever feel the weight of guilt? Lots of people say they do. They're "carrying guilt" or "weighed down by guilt." Are these just expressions, or is there something more to these metaphors? Researchers ...

Gary Vogel’s guest column, “A time of troubling questions over Muslims, terrorism” in the Dec. 13 Citizen-Times is a troubling example of imputing guilt by association. That’s inconsistent with ...

A few years ago, researchers in Germany set out to plumb the moral consciences of small children. They invited a series of 2- and 3-year-olds to play with a marble track in a lab. Close to the ...

Close to one million women—the majority of whom worked in temporary and part-time positions—left the labor force between December and April. Amid massive disruptions to childcare and schools, research ...