This narrative review integrates existing studies to show that it is more feasible to understand how parental induction of shame and guilt affects the behavior of adolescents and young adults in different stages in their development. According to the above, this review will introduce the psychological path of self-assessment, responsibility attribution and defense. Also, the culture and society have been shaping the direction of these pathways. Overall, it can be seen that the aggression of adolescents is not caused by negative emotions; rather, it is a defensive coping mechanism resulting from a loss of self-esteem after shame induction by parents, which also leads to a deviation in the sense of responsibility. At the same time, in terms of behavior and adaptation, guilt induction may also be a factor that induces defense mechanisms of children; however, it can also motivate empathy and prosocial behavior out of a need to correct behavior. Finally, this review has established the theoretical boundaries of shame, adaptive guilt and maladaptive guilt; it has put forward an operational framework for family parenting and interventions in school education, and put forward the main directions of future longitudinal studies.
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