The Role of Proneness to Guilt and Shame Among People in Custody in Promoting Restorative Justice Processes

2020 ◽  
pp. 009385482098050
Author(s):  
Inbal Peleg-Koriat ◽  
Dana Weimann-Saks
Keyword(s):  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
Guilt Proneness ◽  
High Willingness

This research examined the role of guilt and shame proneness among people in custody in shaping attitudes toward restorative justice (RJ) and in predicting the effectiveness of RJ practices. Study 1 ( n = 110) examined the correlation between participant guilt and shame proneness and willingness to participate in an RJ process. It revealed that proneness to guilt, but not to shame, was correlated with willingness to participate in an RJ process. Mediational modeling showed that guilt proneness predicted willingness to participate in an RJ process via its strong correlation with regret and remorse. Study 2 ( n = 133) examined whether shame and guilt proneness affects the effectiveness of an RJ practice. It revealed that high guilt proneness predicted high willingness to participate in RJ, whereas shame proneness moderated the effectiveness of an RJ practice. These results can help practitioners and researchers develop interventions to promote the effectiveness of RJ programs.

Distress after a Single Violent Crime: How Shame-Proneness and Event-Related Shame Work Together as Risk Factors for Post-Victimization Symptoms

2011 ◽  
Vol 109 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olof Semb ◽  
Lotta M.J. Strömsten ◽  
Elisabet Sundbom ◽  
Per Fransson ◽  
Mikael Henningsson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Violent Crime ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
Potential Risk Factors ◽  
Guilt Proneness

To increase understanding of post-victimization symptom development, the present study investigated the role of shame- and guilt-proneness and event-related shame and guilt as potential risk factors. 35 individuals ( M age = 31.7 yr.; 48.5% women), recently victimized by a single event of severe violent crime, were assessed regarding shame- and guilt-proneness, event-related shame and guilt, and post-victimization symptoms. The mediating role of event-related shame was investigated with structural equation modeling (SEM), using bootstrapping. The guilt measures were unrelated to each other and to post-victimization symptoms. The shame measures were highly intercorrelated and were both positively correlated to more severe post-victimization symptom levels. Event-related shame as mediator between shame-proneness and post-victimization symptoms was demonstrated by prevalent significant indirect effects. Both shame measures are potent risk factors for distress after victimization, whereby part of the effect of shame-proneness on post-victimization symptoms is explained by event-related shame.

scholarly journals The Influence of Negative Feedback and Social Rank on Feelings of Shame and Guilt: A Vignette Study in 8- to 13-Year-Old Non-Clinical Children

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eline Hendriks ◽  
Peter Muris ◽  
Cor Meesters
Keyword(s):  
Negative Feedback ◽  
Social Rank ◽  
Typically Developing ◽  
Submissive Behavior ◽  
Individual Difference Variables ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Guilt Proneness

AbstractThis experimental study examined the role of negative feedback and social rank in the experience of self-conscious emotions, shame and guilt, in typically developing children aged 8 to 13 years. Participants were tested by means of a vignette paradigm in which feedback and social rank were systematically manipulated and levels of shame and guilt were assessed after listening to each of the vignettes. In addition, children completed a set of questionnaires for measuring individual differences in shame and guilt proneness, social comparison, submissive behavior, and external shame. The results showed that children presented with negative feedback reported higher ratings of shame and guilt than when presented with positive feedback, implying that the provision of negative feedback has a significant impact on children’s experience of self-conscious emotions. Social rank had less effect on children’s report of these self-conscious emotions. Furthermore, the individual difference variables of guilt proneness, and to a lesser extent shame proneness and submissive behavior, appeared to be positively related to self-conscious emotions as reported during the vignette task.

scholarly journals Conscientiousness and Collectivism as the Predictors of Shame and Guilt Proneness

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Juneman Abraham ◽  
Murty Magda Pane
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Moral Emotions ◽  
Moral Emotion ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Guilt Proneness ◽  
Open Access Article

This research investigated the relation between conscientiousness, collectivism, and corrupt tendency–which is represented by moral emotions (shame and guilt proneness). The study was conducted on 117 students (76 male, 41 female; Mage = 18.93 years old; SDage = 1.67 years old) in Jakarta. The result shows that (1) Collectivism and conscientiousness positively predict guilt proneness, and (2) Collectivism and conscientiousness can not predict shame proneness.2398-4279 © 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Corruptive tendencies; moral emotion; psychology of corruption; integrity

Hide and “sick”: Self-concealment, shame and distress in the setting of psycho-oncology

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reut Wertheim ◽  
Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon ◽  
Michal Mashiach-Eizenberg ◽  
Noam Pizem ◽  
Einat Shacham-Shmueli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Patients With Cancer ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Guilt Proneness

ABSTRACTObjective:Both trait and contextual self-concealment, as well as shame- and guilt-proneness, have previously been found to be associated with psychological distress. However, findings regarding the associations between these variables among patients with cancer and among the spouses of patients with cancer are limited. The aim of the current study was therefore to investigate the relationship between shame-proneness and psychological distress (anxiety and depression) by examining the mediating role of both trait and contextual self-concealment among patients with cancer and among the spouses of patients with cancer.Method:The current study was part of a large-scale cross-sectional study on self-concealment among patients with cancer and spouses of patients with cancer. It was based on two independent subsamples: patients with cancer and spouses of patients with cancer,who were not dyads. A total of 80 patients with cancer and 80 spouses of (other) patients with cancer completed questionnaires assessing shame- and guilt-proneness, trait and contextual self-concealment, anxiety, and depression.Results:Results indicate that spouses reported both greater shame-proneness and anxiety than did patients (main effect of role). Female participants reported greater shame-proneness, higher levels of contextual self-concealment, and greater depression and anxiety than did male participants (main effect of gender). No group differences (role/gender) were found for guilt-proneness and trait self-concealment. Trait and contextual self-concealment partially mediated the relationship between shame-proneness and distress, pointing out the need to further examine additional mediators.Significance of results:Findings suggest that contextual self-concealment and shame-proneness are important variables to consider when assessing distress in the setting of psycho-oncology. Study results may have significant clinical implications regarding the need to identify patients and spouses who are more prone to shame and self-concealment behavior in order to better tailor interventions for them.

The Role of Shame and Guilt in the Intergenerational Transmission of Abusiveness

1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald G. Dutton ◽  
Cynthia van Ginkel ◽  
Andrew Starzomski
Keyword(s):  
Self Identity ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Response Sets ◽  
Anger Arousal ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
Potential Origin

Shame-proneness has been found to be related to anger arousal and a tendency to externalize attributions for one’s own behavior, both common features of men who assault their wives. The present study examined a potential origin of a shame-prone style by analysing reports of shaming experiences by ones’ parents as reported by a population of assaultive males. Significant relationships were found for recollections of shaming actions by parents on adult anger, abusiveness (as reported by the men’s wives), and a constellation of personality variables related to abusiveness in prior research. These associations maintained even after corrections were made for response sets such as social desirability. These shaming actions were largely comprised of recollections of parental punishment that were public, random, or global. The role of shame experiences in disturbances of self-identity and rage is discussed.

Self-Forgiveness Among Incarcerated Individuals in Ghana: Relations With Shame- and Guilt-Proneness

2020 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2091449
Author(s):  
Annabella Osei-Tutu ◽  
Richard G. Cowden ◽  
Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako ◽  
Jeremiah Gadze ◽  
Seth Oppong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal History ◽  
Offender Rehabilitation ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Offense Type ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Self Forgiveness ◽  
Medium Security ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
Guilt Proneness

Research on the forgiveness of self has largely focused on less severe, more common types of offenses among samples within developed westernized nations. In this brief report of a study within a developing nation in Africa, applications of self-forgiveness are extended to incarcerated people. The sample comprised N = 310 males (83.87%) and females (16.13%) who were incarcerated in a medium-security Ghanaian prison ( Mage = 39.35, SDage = 13.28). Participants completed measures of self-forgiveness, shame-proneness, and guilt-proneness. Prison records were examined for criminal history details. We hypothesized that self-forgiveness would correlate negatively with shame-proneness and positively with guilt-proneness. We tentatively hypothesized that this association would be moderated by offense type. Self-forgiveness correlated with both shame- and guilt-proneness in the hypothesized direction. However, neither association was moderated by type of offense. The findings offer further evidence on the salience of self-conscious emotions in forgiving oneself, particularly among incarcerated offender populations. We discuss the implications of the findings for enhancing offender rehabilitation initiatives.

scholarly journals Stability and Change of Outsider Behavior in School Bullying: The Role of Shame and Guilt in a Longitudinal Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Mazzone ◽  
Marina Camodeca ◽  
Christina Salmivalli
Keyword(s):  
School Bullying ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Developmental Changes ◽  
Developmental Pathway ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Peer Nominations ◽  
Guilt Proneness

We analyzed developmental changes in outsider behavior, testing whether the likelihood that it turns into bullying or defending over time depends on the individual proneness to feel shame or guilt. Participants were 155 preadolescents (72 boys and 83 girls; [Formula: see text]age at T1 = 10.74 years). Bullying, defending, and outsider behaviors were assessed twice by peer nominations. Shame- and guilt-proneness were assessed at T1 by a self-report questionnaire. All behaviors appeared quite stable; however, regression analyses revealed that shame and guilt were associated with outsider developmental pathway. In particular, students steadily presented outsider behavior after a 9-month period if they showed low guilt or high shame at T1. Results are discussed in terms of future directions for research and interventions.

scholarly journals Conscientiousness and Collectivism as the Predictors of Shame and Guilt Proneness

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Juneman Abraham ◽  
Murty Magda Pane
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Moral Emotions ◽  
Moral Emotion ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Guilt Proneness ◽  
Open Access Article

This research investigated the relation between conscientiousness, collectivism, and corrupt tendency–which is represented by moral emotions (shame and guilt proneness). The study was conducted on 117 students (76 male, 41 female; Mage = 18.93 years old; SDage = 1.67 years old) in Jakarta. The result shows that (1) Collectivism and conscientiousness positively predict guilt proneness, and (2) Collectivism and conscientiousness can not predict shame proneness.2398-4279 © 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK.. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Corruptive tendencies; moral emotion; psychology of corruption; integrity

scholarly journals Athlete Experiences of Shame and Guilt: Initial Psychometric Properties of the Athletic Perceptions of Performance Scale Within Junior Elite Cricketers

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon M. Rice ◽  
Matt S. Treeby ◽  
Lisa Olive ◽  
Anna E. Saw ◽  
Alex Kountouris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Process Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Shame Proneness ◽  
Shame And Guilt ◽  
Conditional Process Analysis ◽  
Guilt Proneness ◽  
Performance Scale

Guilt and shame are self-conscious emotions with implications for mental health, social and occupational functioning, and the effectiveness of sports practice. To date, the assessment and role of athlete-specific guilt and shame has been under-researched. Reporting data from 174 junior elite cricketers (M = 17.34 years; females n = 85), the present study utilized exploratory factor analysis in validating the Athletic Perceptions of Performance Scale (APPS), assessing three distinct and statistically reliable factors: athletic shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, and no-concern. Conditional process analysis indicated that APPS shame-proneness mediated the relationship between general and athlete-specific distress (p < 0.01), with this pathway non-contingent on sex or past 12-month help-seeking for mental health concerns (p's > 0.05). While APPS domains of guilt-proneness and no-concern were not significant mediators, they exhibited correlations in the expected direction with indices of psychological distress and well-being. The APPS may assist coaches and support staff identify players who may benefit from targeted interventions to reduce the likelihood of experiencing shame-prone states.

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