RT Article
T1 Conscience as a Regulatory Function: An Integrative Theory Put to the Test
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 64
IS 4
SP 375
OP 395
A1 Verkade, Marion
A2 Karsten, Julie
A2 Koenraadt, Frans
A2 Schalkwijk, Frans 1957-
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1690387777
AB The subject of this study is an integrative theory of the conscience. According to this theory, conscience is operationalised as a regulatory function of one's own behaviour and identity, resulting from an interplay of empathy, self-conscious emotions such as guilt and shame, and moral reasoning. This study aimed to evaluate conscience in an adult forensic psychiatric sample by assessing the underlying factors proposed by Schalkwijk. Offenders (n = 48) appeared to show less affective but not less cognitive empathy, less identification with others, less personal distress in seeing others' suffering, less shame and shame-proneness, and lower levels of moral reasoning than non-offenders (n = 50). In coping with self-conscious emotions, offenders used the same amount of externalising coping strategies, but fewer internalising coping strategies.
K1 Delinquency
K1 Offenders
K1 Moral Reasoning
K1 Shame
K1 Guilt
K1 Empathy
K1 Conscience
K1 Shame,
K1 Moral reasoning
DO 10.1177/0306624X19881918