Contextualizing Shame: The Importance of Culture and Discrimination in the Study of Self-Conscious Emotions
| dc.contributor.author | Collardeau, Fanie | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Woodin, Erica M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-21T19:23:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-21T19:23:08Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2023 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-12-21 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Psychology | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Doctor of Philosophy Ph.D. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Within Western psychology, shame is often seen as a maladaptive and hard to regulate selfconscious emotion. Yet, there is some emerging evidence that our knowledge of shame, and the emotion itself, are deeply influenced by cultural assumptions. I first start by providing a critical review of the literature on shame, highlighting differing, culturally-informed conceptualizations of shame in the West and in China and Taiwan. This review also highlights the potential role of social threats and discrimination in the social construction of shame for individuals. Study One then qualitatively explores the beliefs about shame and coping strategies used by Pakistani immigrants to Canada, without imposing a Western lens. Study Two tests two common assumptions about shame (i.e., shame and guilt are two distinct, separate emotions; past experiences of discrimination do not need to be systematically included) present in Western psychology in a Canadian (i.e., Western) sample. While shame is an innate emotional experience, findings suggest that shame and guilt may not be two fully distinct and separate emotions, and that past experiences of discrimination are positively associated with feelings of inferiority present in state shame. | en_US |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | Parts of this dissertation have been published prior to the defense Collardeau, F., Bin Aftab, M. U., Jibeen, T., & Woodin, E. (2021). Pakistani immigrants’ nuanced beliefs about shame and its regulation. International Perspectives in Psychology : Research, Practice, Consultation, 10(1), 25–38. https://doi.org/10.1027/2157- 3891/a000004 Collardeau, F., Dupuis, H. E., & Woodin, E. (2022). The role of culture and social threats in constructing shame: Moving beyond a western lens. Canadian Psychology = Psychologie Canadienne. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000329 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/15749 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | shame | en_US |
| dc.subject | guilt | en_US |
| dc.subject | cross-cultural | en_US |
| dc.subject | discrimination | en_US |
| dc.title | Contextualizing Shame: The Importance of Culture and Discrimination in the Study of Self-Conscious Emotions | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |