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Karen Pezza Leith
Researcher at Case Western Reserve University
Publications - 4
Citations - 1006
Karen Pezza Leith is an academic researcher from Case Western Reserve University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Prosocial behavior & Self-deception. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 952 citations.
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Why do bad moods increase self-defeating behavior? Emotion, risk taking, and self-regulation
TL;DR: It is shown that the risky tendencies are limited to unpleasant moods accompanied by high arousal; neither sadness nor neutral arousal resulted in destructive risk taking.
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Empathy, Shame, Guilt, and Narratives of Interpersonal Conflicts: Guilt-Prone People Are Better at Perspective Taking
TL;DR: This article found that trait guilt-proneness leads to perspective taking, which leads to actual guilt feelings, which produces beneficial relationship outcomes, and that guilt feelings may mediate the relationship-enhancing effects of empathy.
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Self-Regulation as a Key to Success in Life
TL;DR: Self-regulation is defined as the ability to alter one's own behavior, incuding one's thoughts' feelings, actions, and other responses as discussed by the authors, and self-regulation can be defined as "the ability of altering one's behavior, which can be regarded as a form of self-control".