Development and Validation of the Adolescent Shame-Proneness Scale
Psychological assessment, May 24, 2015
Like other self-conscious emotions, shame takes on particular significance during late childhood ... more Like other self-conscious emotions, shame takes on particular significance during late childhood and adolescence because of a developing capacity for self-reflection, self-other comparisons, and sensitivity to the views of others. Shame is a potentially important variable in adolescent well-being given its established associations with depression, reduced feelings of self-worth, and problematic anger. Three studies are reported that describe the development and validation of the Adolescent Shame-Proneness Scale (ASPS), a novel semi-idiographic measure of shame-proneness. The ASPS is a 19-item measure assessing 3 components of shame-proneness-negative self-evaluation, externalization, and emotional discomfort. Taken together, the studies support the reliability and validity of the ASPS as a semi-idiographic measure of shame-proneness in adolescents aged 11 to 18 years. ASPS scores correlate as expected with scores on existing measure of shame-proneness and with measures of anger, neg...
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Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. Nineteen
clinicians completed a questionnaire on their clinical practice. Seventy-three service users completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and provided self-report data on interventions received and associated satisfaction.
Results: Clinical staff demonstrated deficits in knowledge of
insomnia symptomatology. Sixty-four percent (95% CI 54%
to 74%) of service users were identified as poor sleepers on
the PSQI. Sixty-one percent of poor sleepers had not been
offered support for sleep difficulties. The most common support received was prescribed psychotropic medication (32%). Cognitive behavioral therapy was the intervention rated as most helpful but was only received by 6%.
Conclusions: This study highlights inadequacies in
providing evidence-based interventions for sleep difficulties.
Key recommendations include training clinicians in the
identification of sleep difficulties and provision of evidence-based interventions, provision of cost-effective transdiagnostic group interventions, and formalizing assessment and treatment pathways for service users with sleep difficulties.
Aim. The purpose of this study was to undertake a systematic review of the literature relating to shame and substance use in young people.
Method. Five electronic databases were searched for articles containing terms related to ‘adolescence,’ ‘shame’ and ‘substance use.’ Six articles were included in the final analyses.
Results. Adverse early experiences, particularly sexual abuse, predict shame-proneness, and substance use is a mechanism by which some individuals cope with negative feelings. In general, there is a dearth of literature investigating the shame-substance use relationship in adolescent samples. The available literature associates shame-proneness with poorer functioning and suggests that it may potentially lead to psychopathology and early-onset substance use. Scant attention has been paid to the cognitive and emotional processes implicated. Further research is required to ascertain the strength of the shame-substance use relationship in young people and to develop appropriate interventions for this population.