Shame-Focused Coping Styles and Their Associations with Self-Esteem

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ID13653147
AuthorsPaul Yelsma (Western Michigan University, corresponding author), Norman M Brown (Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University), Jeff Elison (University of Northern Colorado)
Year2002
Volume90
Issue3_part_2
Pages1179-1189
Publication date2002-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/003329410209000320.2
OpenAlexW4255419897
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

109 college man and 76 college women ranging in age from 17 to 50 years and having an average age of 21 yr. completed Coopersmith's Self-esteem Scale and Elison's Compass of Shame Scale which measures four shame-focused coping styles. The total Compass of Shame score was significantly correlated with the Self-esteem scores. Scores on three of the shame coping subscales, Attack Self, Withdrawal, and Attack Other, were significantly correlated with Self-esteem scores; the Avoidance subscale was not. No significant sex differences were found either on self-esteem or any of the four, shame-coping subscales. A regression model that examined the predictive associations between four subscales of shame and Self-esteem indicated that shame scores accounted for 32% of the variance in Self-esteem

Coping (psychology · Developmental psychology · Self-esteem · Shame · Clinical Psychology · Emotional Labor in Professions · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Humor Studies and Applications · Psychology · Social Psychology

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