A Systematic Review of Instruments to Assess Guilt in Children and Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Background: Guilt feelings have received considerable attention in past psychological theory and research. Several studies have been conducted that represent a range of views and propose various implications of guilt in children and adolescents. Variations in theoretical definitions of guilt, emphasizing a lack of measurement convergence, make it difficult to derive a comprehensive definition of the construct in childhood and adolescence. Research shows substantial variability in instruments used to measure guilt in children and adolescents. Purpose: The aim is to discuss existing contributions, illustrating the empirical validity of the available instruments used to measure guilt and identifying the nature of their theoretical backgrounds among children and adolescents. M

SUBMITTER: Zaccari V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7755888 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature