title: Shame and the development of autonomy.
abstract: The authors hypothesize that the development of a capacity to experience the affect of shame, like the development of a capacity for anxiety and depression, is crucial for growth towards autonomy. They delineate the sources of shame, discuss gender-related differences in the experience of and management of shame, and describe the impact of a capacity, or lack of capacity, for shame on the development of autonomy in both men and women. They illustrate their discussions with case examples and describe some therapeutic implications of their observations.
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012649:Self Concept; D012752:Shame