Interpersonal guilt, shame, and psychological problems

Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-203

  O'Connor, Lynn E ^b   Berry, Jack W ^c   Weiss, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b S Francisco Psychother Res Group   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033147491     PISSN: 07367236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jscp.1999.18.2.181     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Batson, C. D., Fultz, J., & Schoenrade, P. A. (1987). Adults' emotional reaction to the distress of others. In N. Eisenberg & J. Strayer (Eds.), Empathy and its development (pp. 163-181). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
2. Baumeister, R. F., Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 37(3), 497-529.
3. Baumeister, R. F., Stillwell, A. M., & Heatherton, T. F. (1994). Guilt: An interpersonal approach. Psychological Bulletin, 115, 243-267.
4. Beck, A. T. (1972). Measuring depression: The depression inventory. In T. A. Williams, M. M. Katz, & J. A. Shields (Eds.), Recent advances in the psychobiology of the depressive illnesses (pp. 299-302). Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office.
5. Blatt, S. J., D'Afflitti, J. P., & Quinlan, D. M. (1975). Experiences of depression in normal young adults. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 85, 383-389.
6. Block, J. (1978). The eighth mental measurements yearbook. New York: Gryphon Press.
7. Bowlby, J. (1969). Attachment: Vol. 1. Attachment and loss. New York: Basic Books.
8. Bush, M. (1989). The role of unconscious guilt in psychopathology and psychotherapy. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 52, 97-103.
9. Coopersmith, S. (1993). SEI: Self-Esteem Inventories. Palo Alto, Consulting Psychologists Press.
10. Derogatis, L. R. (1993). Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI): Administration, Scoring and Procedures Manual. Minneapolis: National Computer Systems.
11. Derogatis, L. R., Lipman, R. S., & Covi, L. (1973). SCL-90: An outpatient psychiatric rating scale-preliminary report. Psychopharmacology Bulletin, 9, 13-28.
12. Derogatis, L. R., & Melisaratos, N. (1983). The Brief Symptom Inventory: An introductory report. Psychological Medicine, 13, 595-605.
13. Eisenberg, N., & Strayer, J. (Eds.). (1990). Empathy and its development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
14. Ferguson, T. J. (1996, August). Is guilt adaptive? Functions in interpersonal relationships and mental health. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada
15. Freud, S. (1923). The ego and the id. In J. Strachey (Ed. and Trans.), The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud (Vol. 19, pp. 1-66). London: Hogarth.
16. Freud, S. (1926). Inhibitions, symptoms and anxiety. In J. Strachey (Ed. and Trans.), The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud (Vol. 20, pp. 75-175). London: Hogarth.
17. Freud, S. (1940). Outline of psycho-analysis. In J. Strachey (Ed. and Trans.), The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud (Vol. 23, pp. 139-207). London: Hogarth.
18. Gilbert, P., Pehl, J., & Allan, S. (1994). The phenomenology of shame and guilt: an empirical investigation. British Journal of Medical Psychology, 67, 23-36.
19. Hamilton, M. (1960). A rating scale for depression. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 12, 56-62.
20. Harder, D. W. (1995). Shame and guilt assessment, and relationships of shame- and guilt-proneness to psychopathology. In J. P. Tangney & K. W. Fischer (Eds.), Self-conscious emotions: The psychology of shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride (pp. 368-392). New York: Guilford.
21. Harder, D. W., Cutler, L., & Rockert, L. (1992). Assessment of shame and guilt and their relationships to psychopathology. Journal of Personality Assessment, 59, 584-604.
22. Hoffman, M. (1981). Is altruism a part of human nature? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 40, 121-137.
23. Hoffman, M. (1987). The contribution of empathy to justice and moral judgment. In N. Eisenberg & J. Strayer (Eds.), Empathy and its development (pp. 47-80). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
24. Jarrett. R. B., & Weissenburger, J. E. (1990). Guilt in depressed outpatients. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 58, 495-498.
25. Jones, E. (1960). The letters of Sigmund Freud. New York: Basic Books.
26. Jones, W. H., & Burdette, M. P. (1994). Betrayal in close relationships. In A. L. Webster & J. Harvey (Eds.), Perspectives on close relationships (pp. 243-262). New York: Allyn & Bacon.
27. Jones, W. H., Kugler, K., & Adams, P. (1995). You always hurt the one you love: Guilt and transgression against relationship partners. In K. Fischer & J. P. Tangney (Eds.). Shame, guilt, embarrassment and pride: Empirical studies of self-conscious emotions (pp. 301-321). New York: Guilford.
28. Kimball, O. M. (1972). Development of norms for the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory: Grades four through eight (Doctoral dissertation, Northern Illinois University, 1972). Dissertation Abstracts International, 34, 1131-1132.
29. Klas, E. T. (1987). Situational approach to assessment of guilt: Development and validation of a self-report measure. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 9, 35-48.
30. Klein, M. (1948). On the theory of anxiety and guilt. In Envy and Gratitude and Other Works, 1946-1963. New York: Delacorte Press.
31. Kohut, H. (1971). The analysis of the self. New York: International Universities Press.
32. Kugler, K. E., & Jones, W. H. (1992). On conceptualizing and assessing guilt. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 318-327.
33. Lewis, H. B. (1971). Shame and guilt in neurosis. New York: International Universities Press.
34. Lewis, H. B. (1987). The role of shame in symptom formation. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
35. Meehan, W., O'Connor, L. E., Berry, J. W., Morrison, A., & Acampora, A. (in press). Guilt, shame and depression in clients in recovery from addiction. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.
36. Menaker, A. (1995). The relationship between attributional style and interpersonal guilt. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, California School of Professional Psychology, Alameda, CA.
37. Modell, A. H. (1965). On having the right to a life: An aspect of the superego's development. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 46, 323-331.
38. Modell, A. H. (1971). The origin of certain forms of pre-oedipal guilt and the implications for a psychoanalytic theory of affects. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 52, 337-346
39. Mosher, D. L. (1966). The development and multitrait-multimethod matrix analysis of three measures of three aspects of guilt. Journal of Consulting Psychology, 30 (1), 25-29.
40. Neiderland, W. G. (1961). The problem of the survivor. Journal of Hillside Hospital, 10, 233-247.
41. Neiderland, W. G. (1981). The survivor syndrome: Further observations and dimensions. Journal of American Psychoanalytic Association, 29, 413-425.
42. O'Connor, L. E., Berry, J., Weiss, J., Bush, M., & Sampson, H. (1997). The Interpersonal Guilt: The development of a new measure. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 53(1), 73-89.
43. Plutchik, R. (1987). Evolutionary bases of empathy. In N. Eisenberg & J. Strayer (Eds.), Empathy and its development (pp. 38-46). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
44. Rush, A. J., Giles, D. E., Schlesser, M. A., Fulton, C. L., Weissenburger, J. E., & Burns, C. T. (1986). The Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology (IDS): Preliminary findings. Psychiatry Research, 18, 65-87.
45. Sampson, H. (1983). Pathogenic beliefs and unconscious guilt in the therapeutic process: Clinical observation and research evidence. Bulletin #6. The Psychotherapy Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center.
46. Seligman, M. E. P., Abramson, L. Y., Semmel A., & von Bayer, C. (1979). Depressive attributional style. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 88, 242-247.
47. Spielberger, C. D., Gorsuch, R. L., & Lushene, R. E. (1970). Manual for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press.
48. Tangney, J. P. (1990). Assessing individual differences in proneness to shame and guilt: Development of the self-conscious affect and attribution inventory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 102-111.
49. Tangney, J. P. (1991). Moral affect: The good, the bad, and the ugly. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 598-607.
50. Tangney, J. P. (1995) Shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, and psychological symptoms. In J. P. Tangney & K. W. Fischer (Eds.), Self-conscious emotions: The psychology of shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride (pp. 343-367). New York: Guilford.
51. Tangney, J. B., Burggraf, S. A., & Wagner, P. E. (1995). Shame-proneness, guilt-proneness, and psychological symptoms. In J. P. Tangney & K. W. Fischer (Eds.), Self-conscious emotions: The psychology of shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride (pp. 343-367). New York: Guilford Press.
52. Tangney J. P., & Fischer, K. W. (1995). Self-conscious emotions: The psychology of shame, guilt, embarrassment, and pride. New York: Guilford Press.
53. Tangney, J. P., Wagner, P., & Gramzow, R. (1992). Proneness to shame, proneness to guilt, and psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 101, 469-478.
54. Tangney, J. P., Burggraf, S. A., Hamme, H., & Domingos, B. (1988). The Self-Conscious Affect and Attribution Inventory (SCAAI). Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr.
55. Weiss, J. (1983). Notes on unconscious guilt, pathogenic beliefs, and the treatment process. Bulletin #6. The San Francisco Psychotherapy Research Group (formerly the Mount Zion Psychotherapy Research Group), Department of Psychiatry, Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center.
56. Weiss, J. (1986). Unconscious guilt. In J. Weiss & H. Sampson (Eds.), The psychoanalytic process: Theory, clinical observation and empirical research. New York: Guilford.
57. Weiss, J. (1993). How psychotherapy works: Process and technique. New York: Guilford.
58. Weiss, J., Sampson, H., & The Mount Zion Psychotherapy Research Group (1986). The psychoanalytic process: Theory, clinical observation and empirical research. New York: Guilford.
59. Zahn-Waxler, C., & Kochanska, G. (1990). The origins of guilt. In R. Thompson (Ed.), 36th Annual Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Socio-emotional Development (pp. 183-258). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.