TY - JOUR
T1 - Shame is bad and guilt is good
T2 - An examination of the impaired control over drinking pathway to alcohol use and related problems
AU - Patock-Peckham, Julie
AU - Canning, Jessica R.
AU - Leeman, Robert F.
N1 - Funding Information:
NIH /NIAAA grant K01AA024160-01A1 to Julie A. Patock-Peckham; Burton Family Foundation 's ( FP11815 ) grant to Social Addictions Impulse Lab (SAIL).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2018/1/15
Y1 - 2018/1/15
N2 - Tension Reduction Theory (Kushner, Sher, Wood, & Wood, 1994) suggests alcohol is used as a means to alleviate negative affect (NA) such as shame and guilt. Shame is an internalized response in which blame is placed on the self, while guilt is not internalized and the blame is placed on the situation (Dearing, Stuewig, & Tangney, 2005). This study aims to investigate relationships of shame and guilt to alcohol use and problems through the mechanisms of multiple facets of impulsivity (i.e. UPPS) and impaired control over drinking (IC), which reflect behavioral control processes. The sample consisted of 419 college students (53% female). We examined direct and indirect relationships of shame and guilt on alcohol use and related problems through facets of impulsivity and IC. Shame and guilt were found to diverge (Woien, Ernst, Patock-Peckham, & Nagoshi, 2003). We found that those higher on shame-proneness used more alcohol and experienced more alcohol-related problems through increased negative urgency and IC. Conversely, guilt-prone individuals used less alcohol and experienced fewer alcohol-related problems through less negative urgency and IC. Our findings suggest that guilt is an adaptive form of negative affect, particularly when it comes to alcohol-related outcomes.
AB - Tension Reduction Theory (Kushner, Sher, Wood, & Wood, 1994) suggests alcohol is used as a means to alleviate negative affect (NA) such as shame and guilt. Shame is an internalized response in which blame is placed on the self, while guilt is not internalized and the blame is placed on the situation (Dearing, Stuewig, & Tangney, 2005). This study aims to investigate relationships of shame and guilt to alcohol use and problems through the mechanisms of multiple facets of impulsivity (i.e. UPPS) and impaired control over drinking (IC), which reflect behavioral control processes. The sample consisted of 419 college students (53% female). We examined direct and indirect relationships of shame and guilt on alcohol use and related problems through facets of impulsivity and IC. Shame and guilt were found to diverge (Woien, Ernst, Patock-Peckham, & Nagoshi, 2003). We found that those higher on shame-proneness used more alcohol and experienced more alcohol-related problems through increased negative urgency and IC. Conversely, guilt-prone individuals used less alcohol and experienced fewer alcohol-related problems through less negative urgency and IC. Our findings suggest that guilt is an adaptive form of negative affect, particularly when it comes to alcohol-related outcomes.
KW - Alcohol use
KW - Guilt
KW - Impaired control over drinking
KW - Shame
KW - UPPS
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2017.09.023
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2017.09.023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85032388228
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 121
SP - 62
EP - 66
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -