TY - JOUR
T1 - Please accept my sincere and humble apologies: The HEXACO model of personality and the proclivity to apologize
AU - Dunlop, Patrick
AU - Lee, K.
AU - Ashton, M.C.
AU - Butcher, Shannon
AU - Dykstra, A.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. We investigated the links of the HEXACO personality factors and facets with the proclivity to apologize for transgressions, using self- and observer-reports of personality in two adult samples. The proclivity to apologize showed its strongest correlations with the honesty-humility factor, whether evaluated by the self or a knowledgeable observer. Agreeableness was a positive correlate of the proclivity to apologize in one sample only. In both samples, self-reported conscientiousness was positively associated with a proclivity to apologize. We also obtained self-reports on the guilt and shame proneness scales, given the strong conceptual link between guilt and apology. The proclivity to apologize was associated positively with facets of guilt (especially Negative Behavior Evaluation) but negatively with one facet of Shame (Withdrawal).
AB - © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. We investigated the links of the HEXACO personality factors and facets with the proclivity to apologize for transgressions, using self- and observer-reports of personality in two adult samples. The proclivity to apologize showed its strongest correlations with the honesty-humility factor, whether evaluated by the self or a knowledgeable observer. Agreeableness was a positive correlate of the proclivity to apologize in one sample only. In both samples, self-reported conscientiousness was positively associated with a proclivity to apologize. We also obtained self-reports on the guilt and shame proneness scales, given the strong conceptual link between guilt and apology. The proclivity to apologize was associated positively with facets of guilt (especially Negative Behavior Evaluation) but negatively with one facet of Shame (Withdrawal).
UR - https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000351654300025
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.02.004
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.02.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 79
SP - 140
EP - 145
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -