guiltprone
Guiltprone is an informal term used in psychology to describe individuals who are prone to feeling guilt across a wide range of situations, especially those involving moral or social transgressions. People characterized as guiltprone typically experience self-directed negative affect, remorse, and a strong drive to make amends after recognizing a fault. This tendency is distinct from shame-proneness: guilt focuses on the wrongdoing of a specific action, whereas shame centers on the self as a whole.
In research, guilt proneness is treated as a trait that varies along a continuum. It often correlates
Developmentally, guilt proneness is influenced by moral socialization, parenting, and cultural norms that shape perceptions of