The relationship between shame and guilt: cultural comparisons between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Mental Health, Religion and Culture
Publication Date
3-16-2018
Abstract
© 2018, Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The current study examines whether proneness to shame and guilt is related to the cultural dimensions of collectivism and individualism. Two groups of participants from Ireland (n = 120) and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) (n = 115) completed measures assessing collectivism, individualism, and shame and guilt proneness. Results indicated that both samples displayed similar levels of individualism and collectivism. The UAE sample reported significantly higher levels of guilt proneness and shame proneness characterised by negative self-evaluation. In contrast, the Irish sample displayed significantly higher levels of shame characterised by withdrawal tendencies. Guilt was positively correlated with individualism, but shame was not correlated with either scores on collectivism or individualism. Young Arab women appear to experience higher levels of guilt and shame characterised by negative self-evaluation in comparison to their Irish counterparts who displayed higher levels of guilt proneness.
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ISSN
Publisher
Routledge
Volume
21
Issue
3
First Page
221
Last Page
230
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
collectivism, guilt, Individualism, shame
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Recommended Citation
Grey, Ian; Daly, Rebecca; Thomas, Justin; and Marassas, Walaa, "The relationship between shame and guilt: cultural comparisons between Ireland and the United Arab Emirates" (2018). All Works. 3560.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/3560
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yes
Open Access
no