This book comprises articles exploring the origins and development of guilt and its relationship to adaptive behavior and mental illness in children. The articles are grouped in four sections, covering the nature of guilt; how guilt develops; inducing, instilling, and alleviating guilt; and guilt and adjustment. The articles are: (1) "How Does Guilt Differ from Shame?" (June Price Tangney); (2) "Measuring Guilt in Children: A Rose by Any Other Name Still Has Thorns" (Tamara J. Ferguson and Hedde Stegge); (3) "The Origins of Guilt in Early Childhood" (Karen Caplovitz Barrett); (4) "Varieties of Empathy-Based Guilt" (Martin L. Hoffman); (5) "The Emergence of Gender Differences in Guilt during Adolescence" (Jane Bybee); (6) "Inducing Guilt" (Roy F. Baumeister); (7) "Religion and Guilt in Childhood" (Lane Fischer and P. Scott Richards); (8) "Guilt and Sexuality in Adolescents" (Donald L. Mosher); (9) "The Development of Reactions to Guilt-Producing Events" (Jane Bybee, Rolande Merisca, and Rashid Velasco); (10) "Avoiding and Alleviating Guilt through Prosocial Behavior" (Mica Estrada-Hellenbeck and Todd F. Heatherton); (11) "Guilt in the Classroom" (Christopher Williams); (12) "Guilt and Abnormal Aspects of Parent-Child Interactions" (Geri R. Donenberg and John R. Weisz); and (13) "Guilt and Mental Health" (Jane Bybee and Zandra N. Quiles). Each article contains references. (HTH)