Disclosing information, thoughts, and feelings about personal and meaningful topics (experimental disclosure) is purported to have various health and psychological...
A research synthesis was conducted to examine the relationship between a written emotional expression task and subsequent health. This writing...
Different psychotherapy theories describe process patterns of emotional arousal in contradictory ways. To control both treatment and therapist responsivity, this...
Previous research has demonstrated that shame-proneness (the tendency to feel bad about the self) relates to a variety of life...
Shame and guilt are moral emotions that result from deviations from internalized standards. Both constructs differ with respect to their...
Psychological research using mostly cross-sectional methods calls into question the presumed function of shame as an inhibitor of immoral or...
This study explored the relation of shame proneness and guilt proneness to constructive versus destructive responses to anger among 302...
Mindfulness has received considerable attention as a correlate of psychological well-being and potential mechanism for the success of mindfulness-based interventions...
While research suggests strong associations of self-compassion with mental health and well-being, gender norms may hinder the development of self-compassion...
Should intimates respond to their interpersonal mistakes with self-criticism or with self-compassion? Although it is reasonable to expect self-compassion to...