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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784669903321

Titolo

Shame [[electronic resource] ] : interpersonal behavior, psychopathology, and culture / / edited by Paul Gilbert, Bernice Andrews

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-19-773682-3

0-19-535414-1

1-280-45411-3

1-60256-202-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Series in affective science

Altri autori (Persone)

GilbertPaul

AndrewsBernice

Disciplina

152.4

Soggetti

Shame

Shame - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; 1 What Is Shame? Some Core Issues and Controversies; 2 Methodological and Definitional Issues in Shame Research; 3 Early Shame Experiences and Infant Brain Development; 4 The Forms and Functions of the Nonverbal Signal of Shame; 5 Shame, Status, and Social Roles: Psychobiology and Evolution; 6 Shame and Stigma; 7 Disclosing Shame; 8 The Emotional Disorders of Shame; 9 Shame and Childhood Abuse; 10 Shame in the Labeling of Mental Illness; 11 Shame in the Therapeutic Relationship; 12 Domains of Shame: Evolutionary, Cultural, and Psychotherapeutic Aspects

13 Gender, Shame, and Culture: An Anthropological Perspective14 The Sacred and the Social: Cultures of Honor and Violence; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most commonly reported emotions in people seeking psychotherapy is shame, and this emotion has become the subject of intense research and theory over the last 20 years. This book examines the effect of shame on social behaviour, social values, and mental states.