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CHAPTER. I
INTRODUCTION
The guilt construct plays a prominent role in person-
ality theory and in the explanation of many cases of mal-
adjustment. One need spend little time in the volumes of
psychology to behold the far-reaching.development and use
of the guilt construct. Although the guilt construct has
for a great period of time played an influential role in
theory, until recently empirical support of its influence
on human behavior has been seriously lacking.
The lack of empirical research on the role of guilt in
earlier years was a result of the unavailability of suitable
instruments for measuring the nebulous character of guilt.
As techniques for measuring guilt became available, research
indicating relationships between certain types of maladjust-
ment and guilt appeared.
As a result of the empirical relationships found be-
tween certain maladjustments and guilt, the search for the
factors which influence the development of guilt began.
Here again the long standing theoretical positions on the
development of guilt have only recently received empjrical
support.
Those investigators who wished to find the factors
which influence the development of the guilt response,
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Means, Bobby Leon. Relationships of Length of Punishment with Type of Punishment and Development of Guilt Responsivity, thesis, May 1969; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc131105/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .