The roles of shame and guilt in hypersexual behavior

Gilliland, Randy

doi:10.1037/e741382011-288

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“…Taken together, these findings point to a possibility that sexual conservatism underpins the perception of control over one's sexuality, likely working through shame and/or guilt [43]. However, due to cross-sectional character of our study, it is unclear whether the observed psychological maladjustment is an outcome or a precursor of the lack of control over one's sexuality and the associated negative consequences.…”

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confidence: 65%

Hypersexuality and High Sexual Desire: Exploring the Structure of Problematic Sexuality

Carvalho

Štulhofer

Vieira

et al. 2015

The Journal of Sexual Medicine

103

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Introduction The concept of hypersexuality has been accompanied by fierce debates and conflicting conclusions about its nature. One of the central questions under the discussion is a potential overlap between hypersexuality and high sexual desire. With the relevant research in its early phase, the structure of hypersexuality remains largely unknown. Aim The aim of the present study was to systematically explore the overlap between problematic sexuality and high sexual desire. Methods A community online survey was carried out in Croatia in 2014. The data were first cluster analyzed (by gender) based on sexual desire, sexual activity, perceived lack of control over one's sexuality, and negative behavioral consequences. Participants in the meaningful clusters were then compared for psychosocial characteristics. To complement cluster analysis (CA), multigroup confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) of the same four constructs was carried out. Main Outcome Measures Indicators representing the proposed structure of hypersexuality were included: sexual desire, frequency of sexual activity, lack of control over one's sexuality, and negative behavioral outcomes. Psychosocial characteristics such as religiosity, attitudes toward pornography, and general psychopathology were also evaluated. Results CA pointed to the existence of two meaningful clusters, one representing problematic sexuality, that is, lack of control over one's sexuality and negative outcomes (control/consequences cluster), and the other reflecting high sexual desire and frequent sexual activity (desire/activity cluster). Compared with the desire/activity cluster, individuals from the control/consequences cluster reported more psychopathology and were characterized by more traditional attitudes. Complementing the CA findings, CFA pointed to two distinct latent dimensions—problematic sexuality and high sexual desire/activity. Conclusion Our study supports the distinctiveness of hypersexuality and high sexual desire/activity, suggesting that problematic sexuality might be more associated with the perceived lack of personal control over sexuality and moralistic attitudes than with high levels of sexual desire and activity.

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confidence: 65%

Hypersexuality and High Sexual Desire: Exploring the Structure of Problematic Sexuality

Carvalho

Štulhofer

Vieira

et al. 2015

The Journal of Sexual Medicine

103

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“…57, September, 2018 BUTLER, MELOY-MILLER, SEEDALL, & DICUS / 829 beneath you," and inviting change, the anger pathway from an inflated SIRO tends to precipitate "you are a terrible person" attacks. Inflated SIRO anger produces such covert and overt character attacks that risk evoking toxic shame rather than creating a productive behavioral guilt (Gilliland, South, Carpenter, & Hardy, 2011). Ironically, far from leveraging offender change in a heavy-handed way, such tactics profoundly undermine change (Gilliland et al, 2011;Miller & Rollnick, 2002).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Inflated SIRO anger produces such covert and overt character attacks that risk evoking toxic shame rather than creating a productive behavioral guilt (Gilliland, South, Carpenter, & Hardy, 2011). Ironically, far from leveraging offender change in a heavy-handed way, such tactics profoundly undermine change (Gilliland et al, 2011;Miller & Rollnick, 2002). Third, hostile anger and attendant retribution compound and complicate relational resolution, multiplying injuries and amplifying offenses.…”

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Anger Can Help: A Transactional Model and Three Pathways of the Experience and Expression of Anger

Butler

Meloy-Miller²,

Seedall

et al. 2017

Family Process

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Anger is a significant human emotion with far-reaching implications for individuals and relationships. We propose a transactional model of anger that highlights its relational relevance and potentially positive function, in addition to problematic malformations. By evolutionary design, physical, self-concept, or attachment threats all similarly trigger diffuse physiological arousal, psychologically experienced as anger-emotion. Anger is first a signaling and motivational system. Anger is then formed to affirming, productive use or malformed to destructive ends. A functional, prosocial approach to anger organizes it for protective and corrective personal and relational adaptation. In our model, threat perception interacts with a person's view of self in relation to other to produce helpful or harmful anger. Inflated or collapsed views of self in relation to other produce distinct manifestations of destructive anger that are harmful to self, other, and relationship. Conversely, a balanced view of self in relation to other promotes constructive anger and catalyzes self, other, and relationship healing. Clinical use of the model to shape healing personal and relational contact with anger is explored.

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“…We additionally argue that unrestricted sex drive among regularly cheating people might be related to a slight decrease in guilt-proneness in a long run. Although high sex drive did not correlate with guilt-proneness in a study by Gilliland, South, Carpenter, and Hardy (2011), their sample consisted of men characterized by hypersexual behavior of rather unsatisfied sex drive. This discernibly differs from adults whose sex drive is very high, but satisfied thanks to a larger history of cheating.…”

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confidence: 74%

Guilt- and Shame-Proneness and Their Relation to Perceptions of Dating Infidelity

Kaplánová¹,

Gregor²

2019

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This paper explores how proneness to guilt a nd shame is related to perceptions of da ting infidelity. Research data was collected from 805 participants from Slovakia. Attitudes toward extradyadic behaviors were measured by the Perceptions of Dating Infidelity Scale. Guilt-and shame-proneness were assessed by the Guilt and Shame Proneness Scale (GASP). Results indicated that guilt-and partially shame-proneness were associated with less permissive perceptions of dating infidelity. A moderating effect of age was found in both subscales of guilt-proneness and perceptions of sexual infidelity. Gender moderated the association between perceptions of deceptive behavior and negative self-evaluations of shame-proneness, such that this association was positive for women and negative for men.

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The roles of shame and guilt in hypersexual behavior

Cited by 25 publications

References 17 publications

Hypersexuality and High Sexual Desire: Exploring the Structure of Problematic Sexuality

Hypersexuality and High Sexual Desire: Exploring the Structure of Problematic Sexuality

Anger Can Help: A Transactional Model and Three Pathways of the Experience and Expression of Anger

Guilt- and Shame-Proneness and Their Relation to Perceptions of Dating Infidelity

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