Dispositional self-forgiveness, guilt- and shame-proneness, and the roles of motivational tendencies

Carpenter, Thomas P.; Tignor, Stefanie M.; Tsang, Jo-Ann; Willett, Amanda

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.04.017

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“…In addition, shame proneness was negatively related to forgiving oneself and others. While Carpenter et al [22] found that guilt-proneness was positively associated with forgiving oneself while shame-proneness was negatively associated with self-forgiveness. These findings may be a potential reason why shame avoidance may be powerful in public settings as people who feel great shame are less likely to forgive themselves for transgressions.…”

Section: Prior Literaturementioning

confidence: 95%

Shame and Theory-of-Mind Predicts Rule-Following Behavior

Guerrero

2020

Games

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This paper examines the idea that adherence to social rules is in part driven by moral emotions and the ability to recognize the emotions of others. Moral emotions like shame and guilt produce negative feelings when social rules are transgressed. The ability to recognize and understand the emotions of others is known as affective theory of mind (ToM). ToM is necessary for people to understand how others are affected by the violations of social rules. Using a laboratory experiment, individuals participated in a rule-following task designed to capture the propensity to follow costly social rules and completed psychometric measures of guilt, shame, and ToM. The results show that individuals who feel more shame and have higher ToM are more likely to follow the rules. The results from this experiment suggest that both shame and ToM are important in understanding rule-following.

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Section: Prior Literaturementioning

confidence: 95%

Shame and Theory-of-Mind Predicts Rule-Following Behavior

Guerrero

2020

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“…In contrast, meaning and purpose in life are also intrapersonal concepts that may promote selfforgiveness (Walmsley & McCormack, 2016) as was supported in the current study. Individuals who seek meaning and purpose in life may be more motivated to pursue self-forgiveness as it helps remove barriers that interfere with finding meaning and purpose (e.g., problematic drinking [Lyons et al, 2011]; guilt [Carpenter, Tignor, Tsang, & Willett, 2016]).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The clinical efficacy of self-forgiveness and related concepts in the previously mentioned clinical interventions may be related to its ability to alleviate the burden of intrapersonal struggles inherent in psychache such as shame and guilt (Carpenter et al, 2016). Although not empirically explored in the literature, Shneidman (1985) posits that excessively felt shame and guilt are core features of psychache.…”

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Spirituality and suicidal behavior: The mediating role of self-forgiveness and psychache.

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Webb²,

Hirsch³

2020

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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Growing evidence for the salubrious association of spirituality with physical and mental health related outcomes has led to the consideration of spirituality as a protective factor against suicidal behavior. Although support for this basic association is robust, particularly in the context of religious belief and attendance, spirituality has yet to be explored as it relates to psychache-intense, unrelenting psychological pain. Additionally, self-forgiveness has emerged as an important protective factor against suicidal behavior, but has not been explored in the context of psychache. Following a model developed by Webb, Hirsch, and Toussaint (2015), we examine the protective role of spirituality on suicidal behavior, based on three dimensions of spirituality: ritualistic, theistic, and existential. Cross-sectional data were collected from the self-report surveys of 262 individuals drawn from the larger U.S. community. Results suggest that existential spirituality may be the dimension of spirituality most robustly associated with suicidal behavior. Further, self-forgiveness and psychache were found to be mediators of the relationship between existential spirituality and suicidal behavior. Synthesis of the findings from this study, and the implications thereof, are discussed.

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“…In my area (guilt and shame research), there are conflicting views of guilt. Some studies suggest that being a 'guilt-prone' person has many benefits; people who are guilt-prone tend to apologize and make amends, which then leads to a greater ability to forgive the self and move on (Carpenter et al, 2016(Carpenter et al, , 2019McGaffin et al, 2013). However, other studies suggest the opposite (e.g., Strelan, 2007).…”

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Writing Like a (Psychological) Scientist: A Student Guide to Scientific Writing

Carpenter¹

2020

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This tutorial paper reviews the scientific writing style used in psychology, with a focus on undergraduate students taking a Research Methods course. I outline for broad principles of scientific writing: (1) clarity, (2) conciseness, (3) literally true, and (4) a focus on scientific evidence. Each principle is analyzed into several components, where writing norms in psychology are also emphasized. I also outline three broad skills needed to achieve this style: (1) revision, (2) attention to detail, (3) and teamwork. Revision is emphasized most heavily—students are encouraged to write naturally and edit with a focus on these principles. In addition to learning about scientific writing, students will learn about the nature of science and scientific thinking as well as learn to be clearer, more effective communicators and to develop habits that will help them both in their writing and more broadly in their professional development. Preprint date: 12/24/2020. This document is a work in progress and may not reflect the final draft. Feel free to link to this document for use in teaching (with attribution); please do not modify this document without permission. Please check back periodically for updates. The most up-to-date edition can be found at https://psyarxiv.com/r4sfz/

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Dispositional self-forgiveness, guilt- and shame-proneness, and the roles of motivational tendencies

Cited by 34 publications

References 53 publications

Shame and Theory-of-Mind Predicts Rule-Following Behavior

Shame and Theory-of-Mind Predicts Rule-Following Behavior

Spirituality and suicidal behavior: The mediating role of self-forgiveness and psychache.

Writing Like a (Psychological) Scientist: A Student Guide to Scientific Writing

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