TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors contributing to the experience of shame and shame management
T2 - Adverse childhood experiences, peer acceptance, and attachment styles
AU - Sedighimornani, Neda
AU - Rimes, Katharine
AU - Verplanken, Bas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Previous research has firmly established that some individuals experience shame more frequently than others. This study employed a cross-sectional design to explore factors that are related to the experience of shame. In this study, 240 participants completed self-reported assessments of parental care and expectations, maternal attitudes toward negative emotions, peer acceptance during childhood, attachment styles, and shame management. In particular, submissive shame management strategies (self-attack and withdrawal) and negative parental experiences were correlated with frequent experience of shame. In addition, a model was developed to depict the relationship between childhood experiences, attachment styles, shame, and shame management. The results suggest that negative parental experiences are contributory factors to the experience of shame, through attachment styles. The model illustrated how shame might be developed and how it might be managed.
AB - Previous research has firmly established that some individuals experience shame more frequently than others. This study employed a cross-sectional design to explore factors that are related to the experience of shame. In this study, 240 participants completed self-reported assessments of parental care and expectations, maternal attitudes toward negative emotions, peer acceptance during childhood, attachment styles, and shame management. In particular, submissive shame management strategies (self-attack and withdrawal) and negative parental experiences were correlated with frequent experience of shame. In addition, a model was developed to depict the relationship between childhood experiences, attachment styles, shame, and shame management. The results suggest that negative parental experiences are contributory factors to the experience of shame, through attachment styles. The model illustrated how shame might be developed and how it might be managed.
KW - attachment style
KW - childhood experiences
KW - Shame
KW - shame management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086942780&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00224545.2020.1778616
DO - 10.1080/00224545.2020.1778616
M3 - Article
C2 - 32543970
AN - SCOPUS:85086942780
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 161
SP - 129
EP - 145
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -