Krishnamoorthy Govind, Davis Penelope, O'Donovan Analise, McDermott Brett, Mullens Amy
University of Southern Queensland, 11 Salisbury Road, Ipswich, Queensland 4305 Australia.
Griffith University, 176 Messines Ridge Road, Mount Gravatt, Queensland 4122 Australia.
Int J Cogn Ther. 2021;14(2):263-288. doi: 10.1007/s41811-020-00085-4. Epub 2020 Sep 1.
Difficulties in regulating feelings of shame is a risk factor for the onset and recurrence of mental health disorders. The present research investigated the impact of the individual differences in propensity to experience shame (or shame-proneness) on two emotion regulation strategies-perspective taking and positive reappraisal. A total of 228 participants, undergraduate students, were allocated randomly to one of the eight experimental conditions. The results revealed that for high shame-prone participants, the use of perspective taking, without positive reappraisal, led to a heightened experience of shame. In contrast, the combination of perspective taking and positive reappraisal led to reductions in shame among high shame-prone participants. The findings highlight the relationship between individual differences, and the separate and combined effects of affect regulation strategies on the experience of shame.
调节羞耻感的困难是心理健康障碍发作和复发的一个风险因素。本研究调查了羞耻感倾向（或易羞耻性）的个体差异对两种情绪调节策略——换位思考和积极重新评价的影响。共有228名本科生参与者被随机分配到八个实验条件之一。结果显示，对于高易羞耻性的参与者，仅使用换位思考而不进行积极重新评价会导致羞耻感增强。相比之下，换位思考和积极重新评价相结合会使高易羞耻性参与者的羞耻感降低。这些发现突出了个体差异以及情绪调节策略的单独和综合作用与羞耻感体验之间的关系。
