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Resource typeJournal Article
Title(s)Embarrassment as a public vs. private emotion and symbolic coping behaviour
DOI10.48548/pubdata-1434
Handle20.500.14123/1503
CreatorSoliman, Meikel  0000-0001-9555-9664
AbstractIn dealing with embarrassment, individuals engage in symbolic coping behaviours (e.g., hiding one’s face by wearing sunglasses). Research investigated these behaviours when embarrassment is experienced as a public emotion (e.g., others present). Contrary, there is emerging evidence showing that embarrassment can be experienced as a private emotion (e.g., no others present) as well. This is why the present research seeks to enhance previous work on symbolic coping behaviours and investigates to what extent symbolic coping behaviours differ when embarrassment is experienced in public and private. First, the present study finds that individuals experience embarrassment as a private as well as a public emotion. Second, both types of embarrassment relate to symbolic coping behaviours. Third, while both types of embarrassment experience a preference for face-hiding products there are differences in symbolic coping behaviours. Fourth, the study transfers extant research to a different cultural context.
LanguageEnglish
KeywordsEmotion; Embarrassment; Symbolic Coping
Year of publication in PubData2024
Publishing typeParallel publication
Publication versionPublished version
Date issued2024-09-04
Creation contextResearch
NotesThis publication was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Published byMedien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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Title of the resource typeFrontiers in Psychology
IdentifierDOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1437298
Publication year2024
Volume15
Number1437298
Number typeArticle
PublisherFrontiers
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