TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - An investigation of shame and guilt in a depressed sample
JO  - British journal of medical psychology
A1  - Alexander, B.
A1  - Brewin, Chris R.
A1  - Vearnals, S.
A1  - Wolff, G.
A1  - Leff, J.
SP  - 323
EP  - 338
VL  - 72
IS  - 3
N2  - A self-report measure of proneness to shame and guilt was administered to 86 patients with moderate to severe depression, with the prediction that there would be a positive correlation of shame with severity of depression. Contrary to other, non-clinical studies, we found that guilt but not shame was associated with levels of depression. Shame-proneness demonstrated a unique association with a stable attributional style for negative outcomes, global negative self-evaluation, submissive behaviour and internalized anger. Contrary to prediction, no relationship was found between shame- or guilt-proneness and a reported history of childhood sexual abuse.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1129
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -