Please accept my sincere and humble apologies: The HEXACO model of personality and the proclivity to apologize |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON L2S 3A1, Canada;2. University of Calgary, Canada;1. University of Texas at El Paso, United States of America;2. Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Germany;3. University of Nevada Reno, United States of America;4. University of Tübingen, Germany;1. Department of Psychology, 3517 Sennott Square, University of Pittsburgh, 210 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States;2. Department of Psychology, 3427 Sennott Square, University of Pittsburgh, 210 South Bouquet Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, United States |
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| Abstract: | 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). |
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| Keywords: | HEXACO Honesty–humility Proclivity to apologize Forgiveness seeking Guilt and shame proneness Apology Observer reports |
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