“…Several items loaded on more than one factor or did not significantly load on any of the factors, sustaining the use of the OAS as a global measure of external shame, with a high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .92). Regarding convergent validity, the OAS was found to be significantly associated with other shame measures, showing high correlations with shame trait measures, such as the ISS (r = .81), and moderate correlations with state shame measures, such as the Dimensions of Conscience Questionnaire (r = .34; Johnson et al, 1987) and the Adapted Dimensions of Conscience Questionnaire (r = .37 to .46; ADCQ, Gilbert, Pehl, & Allan, 1994 Gilbert, Pehl, & Allan, 1994), and other clinically significant difficulties (e.g., severe depression r = .47, anxiety r = .33, somatic complaints r = .18, social dysfunctioning r = .35, assessed by the General Health Questionnaire;Goldberg & Hillier, 1979).…”