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Why Some People Will Always Blame Others

“The above research concluded that differences in emotion regulation predict whether we blame ourselves for our mistakes and misfortunes or we blame others. Specifically:

When experiencing negative emotions, poor emotion regulators are more likely to assume other people are responsible for their own bad choices.

Blaming others appears to reduce a person’s own negative emotions (e.g., anger, guilt, shame). This may explain why poor emotion regulators prefer to point fingers at others rather than hold themselves responsible.”