Study finds links between personality, parenting, and moral emotions

Study finds links between personality, parenting, and moral emotions

A new study suggests that the way young adults process moral emotions is shaped by a combination of their own personality traits and their memories of how they were raised. The research indicates that mothers and fathers may influence a child’s moral development in distinct ways, but these effects depend heavily on the child’s individual temperament. These findings regarding the roots of shame, guilt, and moral identity were published in the jou…