The Regulatory Function of Self-Conscious Emotion: Insights From Patients With Orbitofrontal Damage

Although once considered disruptive, self-conscious emotions are now theorized to be fundamentally involved in the regulation of social behavior. The present study examined the social regulation function of self-conscious emotions by comparing healthy participants with a neuropsychological populatio...

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Published in:Journal of personality and social psychology 2003-10, Vol.85 (4), p.594-604
Main Authors: Beer, Jennifer S, Heerey, Erin A, Keltner, Dacher, Scabini, Donatella, Knight, Robert T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Affect
Amygdala - physiopathology
Biological and medical sciences
Brain Damage
Cognition - physiology
Emotional Control
Emotional States
Emotions
Facial Expression
Frontal Lobe - injuries
Gyrus Cinguli - physiopathology
Human
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neurological disorders
Neuropsychology
Orbit - injuries
Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology
Patients
Prefrontal Cortex - injuries
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Regulation
Scientific research
Self Concept
Self Disclosure
Self-consciousness
Self-Perception
Social Behavior
Social behaviour
Social Perception
Social psychology
Somatosensory Cortex - physiopathology
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Summary:Although once considered disruptive, self-conscious emotions are now theorized to be fundamentally involved in the regulation of social behavior. The present study examined the social regulation function of self-conscious emotions by comparing healthy participants with a neuropsychological population-patients with orbitofrontal lesions-characterized by selective regulatory deficits. Orbitofrontal patients and healthy controls participated in a series of tasks designed to assess their social regulation and self-conscious emotions. Another task assessed the ability to infer others' emotional states, an appraisal process involved in self-conscious emotion. Consistent with the theory that self-conscious emotions are important for regulating social behavior, the findings show that deficient behavioral regulation is associated with inappropriate self-conscious emotions that reinforce maladaptive behavior. Additionally, deficient behavioral regulation is associated with impairments in interpreting the self-conscious emotions of others.
ISSN:0022-3514
1939-1315
DOI:10.1037/0022-3514.85.4.594