Guilt and Shame of What Might Have Been in Optimistic Offender Drivers.

ABSTRACT: Habitual offender drivers are required to recover points lost on their driving license by attending reeducation courses, an experience that may, upon reflection of the incident in question, induce feelings of guilt or shame for the infractions they committed. A simulated driving task studied optimistic offender drivers to analyze the extent to which the controllability of the situational context influenced their use of internal and external factors in counterfactual thoughts and emotions such as guilt and shame. The study involved 160 drivers, of whom 54 were categorized as repeat offender drivers while 106 drivers attended courses for advanced professional driving licenses. The participants drove along a route in a driving simulator, which had been previously adjusted for the difficulty t

SUBMITTER: Del Valle CHC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8529183 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature