Recent theoretical and empirical work has facilitated the drawing of sharp conceptual
distinctions between shame and guilt. A clear view of these distinctions has permitted …

The self-conscious emotions (SCE) of guilt, shame, pride, and embarrassment are moral
emotions, which motivate adherence to social norms and personal standards and emerge in …

The Body and Shame: Phenomenology, Feminism, and the Socially Shaped Body
investigates the concept of body shame and explores its significance when considering …

This paper is the first systematic review of the literature on the relationship between shame
and social anxiety (SA). We reviewed a total of 60 peer-reviewed empirical articles that met …

This study investigates the premise that a shame memory can become a central component
of personal identity, a turning point in the life story and a reference point for everyday …

Background Social wariness and anxiety can take different forms. Paranoid anxiety focuses
on the malevolence of others, whereas social anxiety focuses on the inadequacies in the …

Abstract The Centrality of Event Scale (CES) was introduced to examine the extent to which
a traumatic or stressful event is perceived as central to an individual's identity and life story …

Previous research has shown a robust link between emotional abuse and neglect with
social anxiety symptoms. However, the mechanisms through which these links operate are …

This article proposes a new measurement instrument of trauma-related shame. The purpose
of this study is to investigate the psychometric properties of the scores derived from the …

Empirical and clinical research suggests that some individuals find self-generating
compassion and receiving compassion from others difficult and aversive. However, it is …