Search for dissertations about: "shame-proneness"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word shame-proneness.

  2. 1. More or less than human : the influence of shame on psychological distress

    Author : Lotta Strömsten; Elisabet Sundbom; Mikael Henningsson; Martin Bäckström; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Shame; shame-proneness; guilt; self-conscious emotions; psychological distress; coping; attachment styles; Compass of Shame;

    Abstract : Background Shame is a powerful emotion involved in a wide variety of phenomena including psychopathology. The propensity to react with shame to situations of transgression is formed early in life, but the processes by which elevated shame-proneness causes higher levels of psychological distress and functional impairment in some people rather than in others is as yet poorly understood. READ MORE

  4. 2. Attempted suicide and shame

    Author : Maria Wiklander; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : A suicide attempt constitutes not only a risk factor for suicide, but also an expression of human suffering. As therapists, physicians and caring personnel we have an opportunity to reach out to this suffering individual and offer help. However, suicidal individuals often decline psychiatric follow-up or drop out of treatment prematurely. READ MORE

  5. 3. Distress after criminal victimization : quantitative and qualitative aspects in a two-year perspective

    Author : Olof Semb; Elisabet Sundbom; Mikael Henningsson; Dan Stiwne; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; criminal victimization; posttraumatic distress; risk factors; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : This thesis explores distress and reactions after crime by a previously unknown perpetrator in a two-year perspective. Distress was investigated at eight months and two years, using quantitative and qualitative methods. READ MORE