1st Edition

The Conscience and Self-Conscious Emotions in Adolescence An integrative approach

By Frans Schalkwijk Copyright 2015
296 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The consequences of apparent moral failings in an individual are something that can be seen frequently in the media and in everyday life. One issue that is rarely addressed in public discussion about someone’s ‘lack of conscience’ is any thought as to how the conscience actually functions. In The Conscience and Self-Conscious Emotions in Adolescence, Frans Schalkwijk presents a new definition... Read more

Preface. 1. From Baby to Adolescent 2. Self-conscious Emotions 3. Empathy (the theory) 4. The Diagnostics of Empathic Capacity 5. Shame (the theory) 6. The Diagnostics of Shame 7. Guilt (the theory) 8. The Diagnostics of Guilt 9. Culture and Self-conscious Emotions 10. Psychological Testing. 11. The Conscience, Formerly. Bibliography. Index.

Biography

Frans Schalkwijk is a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in private practice in the Netherlands and a forensic reporting psychologist. His main research interests are shame and guilt, diagnostics and narcissism, and he is the author of several books in Dutch.