Abstract examines the personal and interactive causes and consequences of
embarrassment, describing both the sources and sequelae of this potent social emotion …

Embarrassment is a complex and uniquely human emotion that plays a pervasive role in
social motivation and interaction. Illuminating its causes and consequences, this... volume …

The authors address 2 questions about embarrassment. First, Is embarrassment a distinct
emotion? The evidence indicates that the antecedents, experience, and display of …

It is structured around a central chapter which presents a model of embarrassment which
emphasizes the importance of both the social/cognitive and physiological/behavioral …

E mbarrassment is an unpleasant emotion. On occasion, when we have done something
merely goofy—such as making an innocent malapropism—our small miscues may be …

Publisher Summary The dynamics of strategic embarrassment accentuates the emotional
and social outcomes found in cases of unintentional embarrassment. This chapter discusses …

Does there exist anyone who has never been embarrassed? Is there someone who has
never felt the chagrin and abashment of the inadvertent social miscue? If so, such a person …

The feeling of embarrassment and the state of blushing are two characteristic features of
man which are highly universal. Many different approaches have appeared in the literature …

In recent years the phenomenon of embarrassment has attracted an increasing research
interest. As a result, there have been a number of attempts to conceptualize the underlying …

Compares embarrassment (EMB) with shame and suggests that shame focuses on the
failure to live up to shared, objective standards, whereas EMB concerns failings with one's …