Coping with shame: the role of self-reflective capacities in perceiving others as empathic
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| Název: | Coping with shame: the role of self-reflective capacities in perceiving others as empathic |
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| Autoři: | Georgia J. Bush, Andrew F. Luchner |
| Zdroj: | Res Psychother Research in Psychotherapy (2025) |
| Informace o vydavateli: | PAGEPress Publications, 2025. |
| Rok vydání: | 2025 |
| Témata: | mentalization, Psychology, self-reassurance, Shame, mentalized affectivity, empathy, Article, BF1-990 |
| Popis: | Shame is a complex negative emotion and transdiagnostic feature of psychopathology in which one feels there is something inherently wrong with oneself due to a negative self-evaluation. However, there are self-reflective capacities, such as mentalized affectivity and self-reassurance, that assist us in managing the emotional and cognitive impact. Mentalized affectivity, a component of mentalization, is a complex form of emotion regulation that involves an interest and appreciation of the internal states of self and others through the lens of one’s past experiences. Similarly, self-criticism and self-reassurance are both processes in which one reflects and evaluates the self through either judgment or compassion. However, when mentalized affectivity and self-evaluation are maladaptive, individuals are subject to increased negative emotions and psychological distress. This study investigates how mentalized affectivity, self-criticism, and self-reassurance predict perceptions of empathy from others when faced with recall of shame-based experiences. Participants (N=246; 54.5% male) completed measures of mentalized affectivity, self-criticism, self-reassurance, and perceptions of empathy from others based on autobiographical memories of shame. Multiple regression revealed expressing emotions and self-reassurance as significant predictors of perceptions of empathy from others, suggesting how a combination of these forms of self-reflection may protect against the negative impact of shame. Our findings support the use of both mentalization-based and compassion-focused treatment to restore mentalization capacities and self-reassurance to reduce the impact of memories of shame. |
| Druh dokumentu: | Article Other literature type |
| ISSN: | 2239-8031 2499-7552 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/ripppo.2025.824 |
| Přístupová URL adresa: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40197683 https://doaj.org/article/27aedcca37764749aaf020122c27bca8 |
| Rights: | CC BY NC URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 License (CC BY-NC 4.0). |
| Přístupové číslo: | edsair.doi.dedup.....624a634a7582e4f8bf8d394a2a763243 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | Shame is a complex negative emotion and transdiagnostic feature of psychopathology in which one feels there is something inherently wrong with oneself due to a negative self-evaluation. However, there are self-reflective capacities, such as mentalized affectivity and self-reassurance, that assist us in managing the emotional and cognitive impact. Mentalized affectivity, a component of mentalization, is a complex form of emotion regulation that involves an interest and appreciation of the internal states of self and others through the lens of one’s past experiences. Similarly, self-criticism and self-reassurance are both processes in which one reflects and evaluates the self through either judgment or compassion. However, when mentalized affectivity and self-evaluation are maladaptive, individuals are subject to increased negative emotions and psychological distress. This study investigates how mentalized affectivity, self-criticism, and self-reassurance predict perceptions of empathy from others when faced with recall of shame-based experiences. Participants (N=246; 54.5% male) completed measures of mentalized affectivity, self-criticism, self-reassurance, and perceptions of empathy from others based on autobiographical memories of shame. Multiple regression revealed expressing emotions and self-reassurance as significant predictors of perceptions of empathy from others, suggesting how a combination of these forms of self-reflection may protect against the negative impact of shame. Our findings support the use of both mentalization-based and compassion-focused treatment to restore mentalization capacities and self-reassurance to reduce the impact of memories of shame. |
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| ISSN: | 22398031 24997552 |
| DOI: | 10.4081/ripppo.2025.824 |