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Shame

Known as: Shames, shaming 
A painful emotion resulting from a feeling of inadequacy, embarrassment, or guilt.
National Institutes of Health

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Anxiety stateBrainFear (Mental Process)Nervous system structure

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EmotionsGuiltMood (psychological function)

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Nuestra culpa: collective guilt and shame as predictors of reparation for historical wrongdoing.
Three studies examined the hypothesis that collective guilt and shame have different consequences for reparation. In 2… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Predicting depressive symptoms with a new measure of shame: The Experience of Shame Scale.
OBJECTIVE To investigate whether previous findings from interview studies of a prospective relationship between shame and… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Shame and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Guilt about surviving a traumatic event is thought to be an associated feature of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Shame is… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Adjustment following sexual abuse discovery: the role of shame and attributional style.
This study examined adjustment following sexual abuse as a function of shame and attributional style. One hundred forty-seven… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Are shame and guilt related to distinct self-discrepancies? A test of Higgins's (1987) hypotheses.
A study of 229 undergraduates examined whether specific self-discrepancies are differentially related to shame proneness and… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
The evolution of social attractiveness and its role in shame, humiliation, guilt and therapy.
This paper suggests that humans have innate needs to be seen as attractive to others. These needs form the basis for shame and… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Evidence for the Distinctness of Embarrassment, Shame, and Guilt: A Study of Recalled Antecedents and Facial Expressions of Emotion
Following proposals regarding the criteria for differentiating emotions, the current investigation examined whether the… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
Self-conscious emotions: The psychology of shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride.
Part I: Introduction. Fischer, Tangney, Self-Conscious Emotions and the Affect Revolution: Framework and Overview. Part II… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Assessment of shame and guilt and their relationships to psychopathology.
Two studies are reported. First, we tested the previously validated Personal Feelings Questionnaire-2 (PFQ2; Harder & Zalma, 1990… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Two promising shame and guilt scales: a construct validity comparison.
This study compared the validity of two promising measures of shame and guilt proneness: revisions of the Harder Personal… 
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