# Emotions and Moral Behavior

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/emotions-and-moral-behavior/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the complex interplay of moral emotions such as shame, guilt, pride, and envy, and their impact on behavior, social interactions, and mental health. It delves into topics like emotion regulation, appraisal theory, self-conscious emotions, social rank evaluation, depression, and empathy. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Psychology |
| OpenAlex ID | t12313 |
| Works | 33 |

## Topic papers all

Showing 15 of 33.

- [Damage to the prefrontal cortex increases utilitarian moral judgements](https://scholariq.org/papers/damage-to-the-prefrontal-cortex-increases-utilitarian-moral-judgements/)
- [Into the unknown: A review and synthesis of contemporary models involving uncertainty](https://scholariq.org/papers/into-the-unknown-a-review-and-synthesis-of-contemporary-models-involving/)
- [Reconstructing and deconstructing the self: cognitive mechanisms in meditation practice](https://scholariq.org/papers/reconstructing-and-deconstructing-the-self-cognitive-mechanisms-in-meditation/)
- [When Your Gain Is My Pain and Your Pain Is My Gain: Neural Correlates of Envy and Schadenfreude](https://scholariq.org/papers/when-your-gain-is-my-pain-and-your-pain-is-my-gain-neural-correlates-of-envy-and/)
- [Brain activation associated with evaluative processes of guilt and embarrassment: an fMRI study](https://scholariq.org/papers/brain-activation-associated-with-evaluative-processes-of-guilt-and-embarrassment/)
- [Power and overconfident decision-making](https://scholariq.org/papers/power-and-overconfident-decision-making/)
- [The myth of harmless wrongs in moral cognition: Automatic dyadic completion from sin to suffering.](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-myth-of-harmless-wrongs-in-moral-cognition-automatic-dyadic-completion-from/)
- [Stress, affiliation, and emotional contagion.](https://scholariq.org/papers/stress-affiliation-and-emotional-contagion/)
- [When the Boss Feels Inadequate](https://scholariq.org/papers/when-the-boss-feels-inadequate/)
- [The destructive nature of power without status](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-destructive-nature-of-power-without-status/)
- [Mediating Effects of Blame Attributions on Feelings of Anger](https://scholariq.org/papers/mediating-effects-of-blame-attributions-on-feelings-of-anger/)
- [Eliciting mixed emotions: a meta-analysis comparing models, types, and measures](https://scholariq.org/papers/eliciting-mixed-emotions-a-meta-analysis-comparing-models-types-and-measures/)
- [Facial EMG reactions to facial expressions: A case of facial emotional contagion?](https://scholariq.org/papers/facial-emg-reactions-to-facial-expressions-a-case-of-facial-emotional-contagion/)
- [The socio-emotional basis of human interaction and communication: How we construct our social world](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-socio-emotional-basis-of-human-interaction-and-communication-how-we/)
- [Charities Can Increase the Effectiveness of Donation Appeals by Using a Morally Congruent Positive Emotion](https://scholariq.org/papers/charities-can-increase-the-effectiveness-of-donation-appeals-by-using-a-morally/)

## Topic primary papers

- [When Your Gain Is My Pain and Your Pain Is My Gain: Neural Correlates of Envy and Schadenfreude](https://scholariq.org/papers/when-your-gain-is-my-pain-and-your-pain-is-my-gain-neural-correlates-of-envy-and/)
- [Mediating Effects of Blame Attributions on Feelings of Anger](https://scholariq.org/papers/mediating-effects-of-blame-attributions-on-feelings-of-anger/)
- [Eliciting mixed emotions: a meta-analysis comparing models, types, and measures](https://scholariq.org/papers/eliciting-mixed-emotions-a-meta-analysis-comparing-models-types-and-measures/)
- [The socio-emotional basis of human interaction and communication: How we construct our social world](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-socio-emotional-basis-of-human-interaction-and-communication-how-we/)
- [The tendency for interpersonal victimhood: The personality construct and its consequences](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-tendency-for-interpersonal-victimhood-the-personality-construct-and-its/)
- [The emotional spectrum in traffic situations: Results of two online-studies](https://scholariq.org/papers/the-emotional-spectrum-in-traffic-situations-results-of-two-online-studies/)

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