title: Inappropriate and excessive guilt: instrument validation and developmental differences in relation to depression.
abstract: Inappropriate or excessive guilt is listed as a symptom of depression by the American Psychiatric Association (1994). Although many measures of guilt have been developed, definitional and operational problems exist, especially in the application of such measures in childhood and adolescence. To address these problems, the current study introduces the Inappropriate and Excessive Guilt Scale (IEGS), assesses its validity for use with children and adolescents, and tests its relation to depression across development. From a sample of 370 children between 7 and 16 years old, results provided (1) evidence that items designed to assess inappropriate and excessive guilt converged onto a single underlying factor, (2) support for the convergent, discriminant, and construct validity of the IEGS in a general youth population, and (3) evidence of incremental validity of the IEGS over-and-above other measures of guilt. Results also supported the hypothesis that inappropriate and excessive guilt as well as negative cognitive errors become less normative and more depressotypic with age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203-5721, USA.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tilghman-Osborne
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Julia W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Felton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards; D012928:Social Desirability; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
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