Shame and Guilt

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Guilford Press, Nov 1, 2003 - Psychology - 272 pages
Shame and guilt, while the focus of attention among scholars and clinicians for generations, have only recently been subjected to systematic empirical scrutiny. This volume reports on the growing body of knowledge on these key self-conscious emotions, integrating findings from the authors' original research program with other data emerging from social, clinical, personality, and developmental psychology. Writing in an engaging, accessible style, June Price Tangney and Ronda L. Dearing offer a coherent new scientific perspective on shame and guilt. Compelling evidence is presented to demonstrate that these universally experienced affective phenomena have significant - and surprisingly disparate - implications for many aspects of human functioning, with particular relevance for interpersonal relationships.
 

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Contents

What Is So Important about Shame and Guilt?
1
What Is the Difference between Shame and Guilt?
10
Assessing Shame and Guilt
26
Our Intrapersonal Relationship The Self in Shame and Guilt
52
Moral Emotions and Interpersonal Sensitivity Empathy Enters the Picture
78
Shamed into Anger? The Special Link between Shame and Interpersonal Hostility
90
Shame Guilt and Psychopathology
112
The Bottom Line Moral Emotions and Moral Behavior
130
Sec Romance and Conflict Shame and Guilt in Intimate Relationships
157
Implications for Therapists Shame and Guilt on Both Sides of the Couch
171
Looking Ahead Implications for Parents Teachers and Society
180
Tables of Findings from Studies of Shame and Guilt
195
Measures of Shame and Guilt
205
References
241
Author Index
260
Subject Index
265

Shame and Guilt across the Lifespan The Development of Moral Emotions
139
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About the author (2003)

June Price Tangney, PhD, is Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California-Los Angeles, under the direction of Dr. Seymour Feshbach, after working with Dr. Joseph Masling as an undergraduate at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Tangney serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the John Templeton Foundation.

Ronda L. Dearing, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Research Institute on Addictions in Buffalo, New York. She became involved in the study of shame and guilt during her graduate training in clinical psychology at George Mason University, while working as a research assistant with June Tangney. Prior to her training in psychology, Dr. Dearing worked as a medical technologist. Her doctoral dissertation focused on predictors of psychotherapy help-seeking in therapists-in-training. More recent interests include help-seeking in substance abuse, substance abuse treatment approaches, and the influence of shame-proneness on substance use.

Bibliographic information

TitleShame and Guilt
Emotions and social behavior
AuthorsJune Price Tangney, Ronda L. Dearing
Editionreprint
PublisherGuilford Press, 2003
ISBN1572309873, 9781572309876
Length272 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Medical / Psychiatry / General
Psychology / Emotions
Psychology / Personality
Psychology / Social Psychology
  
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