Shame and guilt: characterological vs. behavioral self-blame and their relationship to fear of intimacy
@article{Lutwak2003ShameAG,
title={Shame and guilt: characterological vs. behavioral self-blame and their relationship to fear of intimacy},
author={Nita Lutwak and Jacqueline B. Panish and Joseph R. Ferrari},
journal={Personality and Individual Differences},
year={2003},
volume={35},
pages={909-916}
}84 Citations
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- 2008
Results suggest that shame and CSB converge into a common construct, significantly related to depressive symptoms and cognitions, however, was limited to particular pairs of measures.
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This study sought to elaborate and test a theoretical proposition that introjective personality functioning, which has been implicated in various psychological difficulties, has an emotional foundation in the self-conscious emotion of shame and is supported by dissociation.
The Approach and Avoidance Function of Guilt and Shame Emotions: Comparing Reactions to Self-Caused and Other-Caused Wrongdoing
- Psychology
- 2006
Although theory suggests that guilt motivates approach tendencies and shame motivates avoidance tendencies, research has not always supported these relationships. The present study examined the…
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- 2012
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- 2015
Findings support the conceptualization that self-blame is associated with both general and specific psychological outcomes in the aftermath of IPV, and suggest that future research examining different forms of blame associated with IPV might further untangle inconsistencies in the self- Blame literature.
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There is some evidence that guilt and shame predict more intense grief reactions and that self-blame predicts posttraumatic symptomology, anxiety, and depression in bereaved parents.
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- Psychology
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The study assessed the relationships between three TOSCA-3 (Test of Self-Conscious Affect; Tangney, 1990) subscales (shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, and externalization), and the following…
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- Psychology
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This study explored whether self-blame moderates the relationship between exposure to specific types of abuse and both poor general psychological adjustment (i.e., self-esteem) and specific…
Blame Recovery: Modeling the Effec ts Of Personality, Religious-spiritual Belief, and Gender On Blame Attr ibutions and Psychological Wellbeing Aft er A Failed Romantic Relationship
- Psychology
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