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Internalized shame and early interactions characterized by indifference, abandonment and rejection: replicated findings
Author(s) -
Claesson Katja,
Sohlberg Staffan
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/cpp.331
Subject(s) - shame , abandonment (legal) , psychology , interpersonal communication , association (psychology) , social psychology , interpersonal relationship , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , political science , law
Emotions and interpersonal interaction and their interdependence are important issues in current clinical psychology. We studied memories of early interpersonal experience and their association to shame in two samples ( N = 62, N = 122). Participants filled in the Internalized Shame Scale and the SASB (Structural Analysis of Social Behaviour) Intrex ‘Mother Acted Toward Me’. An association between memories of an ignoring, abandoning mother and shame was replicated in both samples. The non‐clinical nature of our samples demands caution, but therapists could profit from knowing that internalized shame tends to correlate with experiences of being met by indifference, abandonment and rejection. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.