There is much evidence that primary psychopathy is related to a deficit in emotion processing. The question remains, however, as
to whether a deficit in self-conscious emotions hinders the ability to infer expected self-conscious emotions in others. Relying on
an indirect testing of emotion attribution, we explored the possibility that primary psychopathy would predict difficulty in
distinguishing between shame and guilt. Results showed that participants scoring high in primary psychopathy had more
difficulties (i.e., they were less accurate) differentiating between guilt eliciting and shame eliciting events. The findings held
even when controlling for age and gender. The importance of self-conscious emotions proneness when attributing emotions to
others and implications for future research are discussed.

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• Shame and Guilt Situational Identification in Subclinical Primary Psychopaths