Shame Coping Strategies Amplify Certain Psychopathologies

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Franziska Martin ◽  
Corinna Scheel ◽  
Tanja Legenbauer
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Self Injury ◽  
The Relationship

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Recent research has focused on the relationship between shame and psychopathology. It has been shown that shame predicts depressive and anxious symptoms, as well as substance abuse, non-suicidal self-injury, and aggression. However, it remains unclear, how one emotion can influence psychiatric symptoms of such a broad spectrum. It is assumed that as shame is such an intense and painful emotion, it needs to be coped with and that the coping-strategies influence the effect shame has on psychopathologies. The Compass of Shame Scale (CoSS) is a questionnaire measuring 4 shame coping-strategies (withdrawal, avoidance, attacking others, and attacking the self) and the ability to adapt to shame. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> In this article, a German version of the CoSS (CoSS-d) is validated in a community sample and is used to predict psychopathology in a clinical and non-clinical sample. <b><i>Results:</i></b> The CoSS-d shows a 4-factorial structure, good reliability, and validity and is stable over time. The 4 poles of shame-coping show an impact on depressive symptoms, aggression, and self-injury. <b><i>Conclusion:</i></b> The CoSS serves as a reliable and unique measurement of trait shame-coping. Shame-coping styles are associated with psychopathology.

Portuguese validation of the Version of the Regret Scale

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. s239-s239
Author(s):  
D. Borges ◽  
A.T. Pereira ◽  
J. Borges ◽  
A.S. Cabral ◽  
S. Xavier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Pearson Correlations ◽  
Ongoing Project

IntroductionRegret is defined as an aversive negative emotion associated to specific cognitive contents, felt when we consider that our current situation could be better, if we had taken a different decision (Zeelenberg and Pieters 1997). Regret Scale/RS corresponds to the regret-trait dimension of Regret and Maximization Scale developed by Schwartz et al. (2002).ObjectiveTo investigate the psychometric properties of the RS Portuguese version.MethodsA community sample composed of 108 university students and 79 employees (78.1% females; mean age = 33.16 ± 13.175; range: 17-62) answered the Portuguese preliminary versions of the RS and Bedtime Counterfactual Processing Questionnaire (BCPQ) and also the Profile of Mood States to evaluate Negative Affect/NA. To study the temporal stability, 31 participants (83.9% females; mean age = 26.54 ± 18.761) answered the RAFS again after 6 weeks.ResultsThe EA Cronbach alpha was “very good” (a = 0.72). All the items contributed to the internal consistency. The test-retest correlation coefficient was high, positive and significant (0.72; P < 0.001). Following Kaiser and Cattel Scree Plot criteria, only one factor was extracted, meaning that the scale is unidimensional. Pearson correlations of EA and BCPQ2 and NA were significant and high ([email protected]).ConclusionsThe Portuguese version of RS has good reliability and validity. It could be very useful both in clinical and research contexts, namely in an ongoing project on the relationship between regret, personality and psychological distress.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Personality Dark Triad: Portuguese Validation of the Dirty Dozen

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S711-S711
Author(s):  
A. Macedo ◽  
A.I. Araújo ◽  
C. Cabaços ◽  
M.J. Brito ◽  
L. Mendonça ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Sample ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Dark Triad ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Portuguese Version ◽  
Dirty Dozen ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Relationship

IntroductionThe Dark Triad is a term used to describe a constellation of three socially undesirable personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. Contrary to Altruism (the desire to help others with no personal reward or gain), these traits are harmful to others. Given the increased scientific interest on the dark triad, Jonason and Webster developed a shorter questionnaire to evaluate these three independent-yet-related constructs with only 12 items – Dirty Dozen (D12).ObjectiveTo investigate the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the Dirty Dozen.MethodsA community sample composed of 286 university students (69.2% females; mean age = 21.09 ± 2.133; range: 17–33) answered the Portuguese preliminary versions of the Dirty Dozen and of the Altruism dimension from HEXACO-100. To study the temporal stability, 30 participants (66.7% females) answered the D12 again after six weeks.ResultsThe EA Cronbach alpha was “very good” (a = 0.72). Following Kaiser and Cattel Scree Plot criteria, three meaningful factors were extracted which explained variance (EV) was of 54.64%: F1 Machiavellianism (EV 32.07%; a = 0.73), F2 Narcissism (13.665%; a = 0.74), F3 Psychopathy (8.90%; a = 0.64). The test-retest correlation coefficients were high, positive and significant for the total D12 and its dimensions (r > 0.70; P < 0.001). Pearson correlations of D12 total and dimensional scores and Altruism were negative, moderate and significant (r@ − 0.30).ConclusionsThe Portuguese version of Dirty Dozen has good reliability and validity. It could be very useful both in clinical and research contexts, namely in an ongoing project on the relationship between dark triad and perfectionism traits.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals Preference for Religious Coping Strategies and Passive versus Active Coping Styles among Seniors Exhibiting Aggressive Behaviors

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 553
Author(s):  
Iwona Niewiadomska ◽  
Leon Szot
Keyword(s):  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Religious Coping ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Indirect Aggression ◽  
Displaced Aggression ◽  
Instrumental Aggression ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Difficult Situations

This article is theoretical and empirical. The theoretical part presents issues related to experiencing stress (including ways of coping with experienced problems) and the relationships between preference for various coping strategies and human behavior. The empirical part presents the results of research on the relationship between the frequency of seniors (n = 329) using 13 different ways to deal with experienced difficulties (including the strategy of turning to religion/religious coping) and 11 categories of aggressive behavior (retaliation tendencies, self-destructive tendencies, aggression control disorders, displaced aggression, unconscious aggressive tendencies, indirect aggression, instrumental aggression, self-hostility, physical aggression towards the environment, hostility towards the environment, and reactive aggression). The last part is devoted to a discussion on the obtained research results and the practical implications of using the strategy of turning to religion/religious coping in difficult situations as a factor protecting the elderly from aggressive behavior.

The Empirical Heterogeneity of First Rank Symptoms in Schizophrenia

1982 ◽  
Vol 140 (5) ◽  
pp. 498-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Lewine ◽  
Robin Renders ◽  
Mark Kirchhofer ◽  
Ann Monsour ◽  
Norman Watt
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Homogeneous Group ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
First Rank Symptoms ◽  
The Relationship

SummaryFirst rank symptoms have assumed an important role in the assessment of schizophrenia. Only recently, however, have there been empirical studies of their reliability and validity. In this study, we examined the relationship between first rank and other psychiatric symptoms in 100 schizophrenic patients. The results are consistent with other research reports suggesting that first rank symptoms do not represent a homogeneous group of symptoms within an individual patient.

scholarly journals Relationship between Caretakers Variable on Occupation and Coping Strategies of Caretakers Attending to Patients with Cancer Problems

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sandhya Rani ◽  
Dr. P. Sree Devi
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Avoidance Coping ◽  
Approach And Avoidance ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Approach Coping ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
And Coping ◽  
The Relationship

The present study makes an attempt to understand the Relationship between Caretaker Variable on Occupation and Coping Strategies of Caretakers Attending to Patients with Cancer Problems. Caretakers who were ready and willing to extend their cooperation for in-depth interview were selected as population for the study. Thus a total number of 80 caretakers were selected purposively for conducting the present study. The results revealed that caretakers used both approach and avoidance coping styles. Higher the occupational status of the care taker, better were the coping strategies i.e. they were using more approach coping strategies.

Disordered Eating Behaviors, Perfectionism And Perseverative Negative Thinking–study In a Clinical Sample

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S431-S431 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.T. Pereira ◽  
E. Monteiro ◽  
P. Castilho ◽  
L. Fonseca ◽  
C. Roque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Disordered Eating ◽  
Eating Behaviors ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Eating Attitudes ◽  
Diagnostic Interview ◽  
Disordered Eating Behaviors ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
The Relationship

IntroductionIn a recent study developed with a community sample, we have found that although PNT mediated the relationship between perfectionist cognitions and bulimic behavior, the effect of perfectionism on other disordered eating dimensions, such as diet, was independent of the PNT levels (Monteiro et al., 2015).ObjectiveTo investigate if PNT mediates the relationship between perfectionism and disordered eating behaviors in a clinical sample.MethodsFifty-two patients with eating disorders/ED (mean age = 22.54 ± 7.637; mean BMI = 20.07 ± 4.192; 14.5% Anorexia Nervosa cases; 7.8% Bulimia Nervosa and 9.0% EDNOS) were assessed with the ED section of the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies and fill in the Portuguese validated versions of Eating Attitudes Test/EAT-25 (to evaluate Bulimic behaviors/BB, Diet and Social pressure to eat), Multidimensional Perfectionism Scales (to evaluate perfectionism composite dimensions Evaluative Concerns/EC and Perfectionistic Strivings/PS) and Perseverative Thinking Questionnaire/PTQ-15 (to evaluate Repetitive Thought/RT, Cognitive interference and unproductiveness/CIU). Only variables significantly correlated with the outcomes (EAT-25_Total and its dimensions) were entered in the regression models. Mediation analyses using Preacher and Hayes bootstrapping methodology were performed.ResultsEC, PS, CIU and RT were significant predictors of EAT_Total. PA, CIU and PR were significant predictors of BB. EC and PS were significant predictors of Diet. CIU partially mediated the relationship between EC and EAT_Total (95% CI = 0.0025–0.3296) and between EC and BB (95% CI = 0.0037–0.1877).ConclusionAlso in a clinical sample, CII, the most pernicious dimension of PNT, mediates the relationship between perfectionism and disordered eating behavior, particularly bulimic behavior; diet is predicted by perfectionism independently of PNT.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

HIERARCHICAL DIMENSIONS OF COPING STYLES: A STUDY CONDUCTED WITH TURKISH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 525-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faruk Gençöz ◽  
Tülin Gençöz ◽  
Özlem Bozo
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Turkish University Students ◽  
Third Dimension

An empirical examination was carried out of the hierarchical dimensions of coping styles in a Turkish sample. Ways of coping data were collected from 194 university students, subjected to factor analysis and 5 factors were obtained. These factors were subjected to second-order factor analysis which revealed 3 main dimensions. As predicted the first two dimensions were problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping. The third dimension consisted of items related to seeking social support, implying the presence and importance of an indirect coping style. In addition to construct validity, Guttman split-half reliability and criterion validity of these three higher order factors revealed good reliability and validity outcomes. It was also emphasized that these 3 higher order factors constituted independent dimensions of coping styles. Implications of the results are discussed.

scholarly journals HBV AND HCV PATIENTS

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (09) ◽  
pp. 1150-1158
Author(s):  
Atiq ur Rehman ◽  
Syeda Farhana Kazmi
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Psychiatric Comorbidity ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Female Age ◽  
Approach Coping ◽  
The Relationship

Objectives: The main purpose of this research was to compare the level ofpsychological distress between HBV and HCV patients and to determine the effect of genderand age on psychological distress. Determine the relationship between coping strategies andpsychological distress. Method: For the present study 100 HBV patients (50 male and 50 female)and 100 HCV patients (50 male and 50 female) were selected. The sample was selected fromLiver Centre, district headquarter hospital Faisalabad. This was a cross sectional study. MHI-38was used to measure the psychological distress and CRI was used to measure the copyingstyles among HBV and HCV patients. Result: HCV patients have higher levels of psychologicaldistress t (198) = 6.54, p< .05 compared to HBV patients. Female hepatitis patients weresuffering from high levels of psychological distress t (198) = 3.90, p < .05 as compared to malehepatitis patients, with male, age is positively correlated with psychological distress, r = .32,p < .01 but with female age is negatively correlated with psychological distress r = -.49, p <.01. Approach coping is negatively correlated with psychological distress in male and femalehepatitis patients, respectively, r = -.45, p < .01 and, r = -.29, p <.01. Conclusion: HCV andfemale patients have higher levels of psychological distress comparatively of HBV and malepatients. Age is correlated with psychological distress. The approach coping styles play animportant role in controlling the psychiatric comorbidity in HBV and HCV patients.

scholarly journals Food Insecurity and Eating Pathology in Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (17) ◽  
pp. 9155
Author(s):  
Brittany H. Kim ◽  
Lisa Ranzenhofer ◽  
Jill Stadterman ◽  
Yvette G. Karvay ◽  
Natasha L. Burke
Keyword(s):  
Binge Eating ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Eating Pathology ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Episode Frequency ◽  
Ecological Momentary ◽  
The Relationship

Adolescence is a critical period for the emergence of eating disorders, and food insecurity may be related to eating pathology and weight, as evidenced in adults. However, little is known about food insecurity and eating pathology during this developmental period, and associations between food insecurity and body mass index (BMI) are mixed. Therefore, we examined associations between food insecurity and BMI percentile, self-reported eating-related pathology and binge eating, and subgroup differences by race/ethnicity. In a subset, we examined the relationship between food insecurity and real-world hunger, food craving, and loss-of-control eating using ecological momentary assessment (EMA). Fifty-eight adolescents at two sites (clinical sample, n = 38, BMI percentile ≥ 70th; community sample, n = 20, all BMI strata) completed self-report questionnaires. Adolescents were 15.2 ± 2.1 years old, 62% female, 50% Black, 34.5% Hispanic, with BMI percentile = 80.5 ± 25.8 (range 4–99). In the full sample, food insecurity was associated with greater BMI (p < 0.01), higher shape/weight overvaluation (p = 0.04), and greater number of binge eating episodes among those reporting at least one binge episode (p < 0.01), with significant relationships for BMI percentile, shape/weight overvaluation, body dissatisfaction, and binge episode frequency among Hispanic adolescents only (each p < 0.01). As in adults, food insecurity may be a risk factor for eating pathology, particularly for Hispanic teens.

Situational Variability of Experiential and Rational Information-Processing Styles in Stressful Situations

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Claes ◽  
Cilia Witteman ◽  
John van den Bercken
Keyword(s):  
Information Processing ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Emotional Involvement ◽  
Good Reliability ◽  
Processing Styles ◽  
Modes Of Processing ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
And Coping

In this study, we investigated the reliability and validity of the Perceived Modes of Processing Inventory (PMPI) by Burns and D’Zurilla, which measures two types of information processing, experiential and rational. We administered the dispositional and situation-specific format of the PMPI to a sample of 64 eating-disorder (ED) patients. In the situation-specific format we manipulated the nature of the situation and the degree of emotional involvement. Results show a good reliability and validity of the dispositional and situation-specific format of the PMPI. The situation-specific format of the PMPI showed that ED patients show more rational than experiential processing in practical situations, and more experiential processing in interpersonal situations. These differences were more pronounced in situations with high emotional involvement. Finally, assessed situation-specific processing styles predicted particular ED-related behaviors and coping styles. The implications of the findings for therapeutic interventions are discussed.

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