Spontaneous vs. Strategic Guilt: Guilt Communication in Repairing Trust with Different Severities of Violations.

Behav Sci (Basel) · 2025 · PMC12383218 · PMID 40867392

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marginally significantp = 0.058so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The interaction between guilt communication mode and violation degree was marginally significant for investment repair, F = 2.90, p = 0.058, η p 2 = 0.037.

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