Effect of shame and guilt on coping by meaning making

Raymond Chan

Effect of shame and guilt on coping by meaning making

Raymond Chan

Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

Abstract

Shame and guilt have been the focus in coping studies, but not many on their relations with meaning making. This study is to explore the gap. Structured questionnaires were completed by 193 university students. Results showed that with high intensified grief reaction, people in guilt were ready to make meaning out of their loss experience among low self‐esteem group (beta=0.291, p=0.036) but opposite effect in shame (beta=‐0.272, p=0.050). It concludes that low self‐esteem and intensified emotional experience at time of loss facilitate coping that guilt favors but shame hinders cognitive processing. Working through guilt can be constructive in meaning making.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	XXIX International Congress of Psychology: Abstracts
Subtitle of host publication	A Special Issue of the International Journal of Psychology
Editors	Claudia Dalbert
Publisher	Psychology Press
Pages	227
ISBN (Print)	9781841698601
Publication status	Published - Jun 2008
Event	29th International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2008) - Berlin, Germany Duration: 20 Jul 2008 → 25 Jul 2008 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1464066x/2008/43/3-4 https://www.routledge.com/XXIX-International-Congress-of-Psychology-Abstracts-A-Special-Issue-of/Dalbert/p/book/9781841698601

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Name	International Journal of Psychology
Publisher	Psychology Press
Number	3-4
Volume	43
ISSN (Print)	0020-7594
ISSN (Electronic)	1464-066X

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Conference	29th International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2008)
Place	Germany
City	Berlin
Period	20/07/08 → 25/07/08
Internet address	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1464066x/2008/43/3-4 https://www.routledge.com/XXIX-International-Congress-of-Psychology-Abstracts-A-Special-Issue-of/Dalbert/p/book/9781841698601

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Effect of shame and guilt on coping by meaning making. / Chan, Raymond.
XXIX International Congress of Psychology: Abstracts: A Special Issue of the International Journal of Psychology. ed. / Claudia Dalbert. Psychology Press, 2008. p. 227 (International Journal of Psychology; Vol. 43, No. 3-4).

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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