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The mediating role of state shame, guilt, and pride in the relationship between self-compassion and prolonged grief

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

H. Szőcs ,
L. Sandheden ,
Z. Horváth  and
G. Vizin
H. Szőcs*
Affiliation:
Eötvös Lorand University Institute of Psychology, Department Of Clinical Psychology And Addiction, Budapest, Hungary Institute of Psychology, Doctoral School Of Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
L. Sandheden
Affiliation:
Eötvös Lorand University Institute of Psychology, Department Of Clinical Psychology And Addiction, Budapest, Hungary
Z. Horváth
Affiliation:
Eötvös Lorand University Institute of Psychology, Department Of Personality And Health Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
G. Vizin
Affiliation:
Eötvös Lorand University Institute of Psychology, Department Of Clinical Psychology And Addiction, Budapest, Hungary Semmelweis University, Department Of Clinical Psychology, Budapest, Hungary
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Most people experience grief-related symptoms after losing a loved one. Approximately 9.8% of bereaved individuals’ symptoms persist over the first year post-loss, emphasizing the importance of research in prolonged grief. The role of self-conscious emotions in prolonged grief, such as self-compassion, state shame, guilt and pride has been proposed in previous studies.

Objectives

Our aim was to examine the mediating role of state shame, guilt and pride in the relationship between self-compassion and prolonged grief.

Methods

This cross-sectional study collected data via online questionnaires based on self-reports (N=177, mean age: 42.26 years [SD=12.32], 97.2% women). Demographic and loss-related variables were measured, and further instruments assessed levels of self-compassion, state shame, guilt, and pride, and prolonged grief. Correlation and mediation analyses were used.

Results

Two significant indirect effects were shown in the mediation model. First, lower levels of self-compassion predicted higher levels of state shame, which in turn predicted elevated levels of prolonged grief. Second, higher levels of self-compassion predicted higher levels of pride, which subsequently contributed to lower levels of prolonged grief. Guilt did not have a significant mediating role.

Conclusions

The results highlight the possible role of elevated levels of state shame and lower levels of self-compassion and state pride in the development of prolonged grief. It is important for researchers and clinicians to be attentive to the role of self-compassion, state shame and pride in grieving.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

prolonged griefshameself-compassionpride
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European Psychiatry , Volume 65 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 30th European Congress of Psychiatry , June 2022 , pp. S179 - S180
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