title: Shame-focused coping styles and their associations with self-esteem.
abstract: 109 college man and 76 college women ranging in age from 17 to 50 years and having an average age of 21 yr. completed Coopersmith's Self-esteem Scale and Elison's Compass of Shame Scale which measures four shame-focused coping styles. The total Compass of Shame score was significantly correlated with the Self-esteem scores. Scores on three of the shame coping subscales, Attack Self, Withdrawal, and Attack Other, were significantly correlated with Self-esteem scores: the Avoidance subscale was not. No significant sex differences were found either on self-esteem or any of the four, shame-coping subscales. A regression model that examined the predictive associations between four subscales of shame and Self-esteem indicated that shame scores accounted for 32% of the variance in Self-esteem.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communication, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo 49008-5318, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yelsma
authors.forename: Norman M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Elison
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012649:Self Concept; D012752:Shame