Social affects play an important role to regulate body and mind states in interpersonal context. Shame and guilt, in particular, are two negative feelings that reveal a failure of emotional integration of self experience. This study examine relation between shame, guilt and dissociative tendencies in general population and in addicted samples. All subjects were administered a battery of self-report questionnaires: Dissociative Experiences Scale II, Creative Experiences Questionnaire and Test Of Self Conscious Affect. Dissociative tendencies confirms their relation with affect regulation, showing an association with bodily reaction to perceived dys-integration of Self, rather than with mental reaction to unapproved (from real or imagined others) behavior, especially in addicted subjects.
Shame, guilt and dissociative tendencies in normal and addicted Italian samples
Chimienti Vitantonio;Acquarini Elena
2009
Abstract
Social affects play an important role to regulate body and mind states in interpersonal context. Shame and guilt, in particular, are two negative feelings that reveal a failure of emotional integration of self experience. This study examine relation between shame, guilt and dissociative tendencies in general population and in addicted samples. All subjects were administered a battery of self-report questionnaires: Dissociative Experiences Scale II, Creative Experiences Questionnaire and Test Of Self Conscious Affect. Dissociative tendencies confirms their relation with affect regulation, showing an association with bodily reaction to perceived dys-integration of Self, rather than with mental reaction to unapproved (from real or imagined others) behavior, especially in addicted subjects.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
