Relation of shame and guilt awareness to mental health among Japanese female adolescents

要旨

The purpose of this study was to examine the relation of shame and guilt awareness to mental health, hostility, and support-giving needs among Japanese female adolescents. First, with an open-ended questionnaire, 88 shame and guilt experiences were collected, revised, and categorized into 10 situations. Moreover, 174 Japanese female adolescents completed the questionnaires and the task, which required the participants to describe their anticipated feelings on reading the 10 vignettes that elicited shame and guilt. The task measured individual differences in emotional awareness, and the questionnaire was based on 3 scales, namely, mental health, hostility, and support-giving needs. The results indicated that shame awareness was positively related to mental health and negatively related to hostility. Furthermore, guilt awareness was positively related to support-giving needs.

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