Shame Scale for College Students – Chinese Version

Description

Shame is a negative emotion that serves as a strong individual moral regulation mechanism, characterized by a painful, embarrassing, and humiliating experience directed towards oneself. Shame is similar to guilt but distinct.

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Purpose

The total score of this scale is used to measure the degree of shame experienced. There are two calculation methods: one includes all items, primarily used for cross-cultural comparisons, referred to as the Shame Scale (羞耻量表, SS); the other method includes only the items related to personality, behavior, and body aspects, referred to as the Experience of Shame Scale (羞耻体验量表, ESS).

Test Year

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Administration Method and Scoring

The scale involves a self-report questionnaire filled out by individuals.

Reliability and Validity

Sample: A total of 984 university students (including some postgraduate students) from multiple universities in Beijing completed this scale. After excluding 38 individuals with missing data, there were 946 valid questionnaires, with 456 males and 490 females, and an average age of 20.49±2.10 years (ages ranged from 16 to 29). Notable age differences by gender were significant (t=4.42, pFactors and Subscales
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Keywords

Shame, Emotional Regulation, Self-Perception, University Students

Items in Chinese

1. 你是否因个人的某些行为习惯而产生羞耻感?
2. 你是否会担心别人对你的某些行为习惯的看法?
3. 你是否会设法掩饰自己的某些行为习惯?
4. 你是否曾对自己待人接物的方式产生羞耻感?
5. 你是否会担心别人对你待人接物的方式的看法?
6. 你是否曾因自己待人接物的方式而回避与他人的交往?
7. 你是否曾因自己是某种特定类型的人而产生羞耻感?
8. 你是否会担心别人对你个人特点的看法?
9. 你是否会设法掩饰你的个人特点?
10. 你是否会对自己做事的能力产生羞耻感?
11. 你是否会担心别人对你做事能力的看法?
12. 你是否会因为自己在某些方面的无能而回避和他人交往?
13. 你是否曾因自己做错了某些事情而产生羞耻感?
14. 当你做错了某些事情时, 你是否对别人如何看待你而感到担心?
15. 当你感到羞耻时, 你是否曾试图掩饰你所做的事情?
16. 当你说了某些鲁莽、愚蠢或不合时宜的话时,你是否曾因此而感到羞耻?
17. 当你说了某些不合时宜的话时,你是否因此而担心别人对你的看法?
18. 你是否曾因某些人知道你说过不合时宜的话而回避和他们的交往?
19. 当你在某种竞争性情境中失败时,你是否因此而产生羞耻感?
20. 当你在某种竞争性情境中失败时,你是否因此而担心别人对你的看法?
21. 你是否曾因某些人知道你的失败而回避和他们交往?
22. 你是否因自己身体的某一部分或自己的体态而感到羞耻?
23. 你是否担心别人对你的体形的看法?
24. 你是否不愿意在镜子中看到自己的体态?
25. 你是否曾努力掩饰自己的身体或身体的某一部位?
26. 你是否曾为自己家庭中的某个成员的为人而感到羞耻?
27. 你是否曾担心因为这个家庭成员而影响别人对你们整个家庭的看法?
28. 你是否一直认为家庭中某个人的问题不仅是其个人的耻辱,而且是整个家庭的耻辱?
29. 你是否曾因某种原因而对家庭中的某个人感到羞耻?

Items in English

1. Do you feel shame due to certain personal behaviors or habits?
2. Do you worry about others’ views on your behaviors or habits?
3. Do you try to conceal certain behaviors or habits?
4. Have you ever felt shame regarding the way you interact with others?
5. Do you worry about others’ opinions on your way of interacting with people?
6. Have you ever avoided socializing with others because of the way you interact with people?
7. Have you ever felt shame for being a particular type of person?
8. Do you worry about others’ perceptions of your personal characteristics?
9. Do you try to hide your personal characteristics?
10. Do you feel shame regarding your ability to do things?
11. Do you worry about others’ views on your abilities?
12. Do you avoid interacting with others due to incompetence in certain areas?
13. Have you ever felt shame for doing something wrong?
14. When you make mistakes, do you worry about others’ perceptions of you?
15. When you feel shame, do you attempt to conceal what you did?
16. Have you ever felt shame for saying reckless, foolish, or inappropriate things?
17. When you say something inappropriate, do you worry about how others perceive you?
18. Have you ever avoided interacting with certain people who know that you said something inappropriate?
19. Do you feel shame when you fail in a competitive situation?
20. Do you worry about others’ views of you after failing in a competitive situation?
21. Have you ever avoided socializing with people who know about your failures?
22. Do you feel shame about a particular part of your body or your physique?
23. Do you worry about others’ opinions on your body shape?
24. Do you dislike looking at your physique in the mirror?
25. Have you ever made an effort to conceal your body or a part of your body?
26. Have you ever felt shame about the behavior of a family member?
27. Do you worry that this family member’s behavior will affect others’ views of your entire family?
28. Have you always believed that a person’s problem in the family is not just their personal shame, but also the family’s shame?
29. Have you ever felt shame towards a family member for some reason?

References

钱铭怡, BerniceAndrews, 朱荣春, et al. 大学生羞耻量表的修订[J]. 中国心理卫生杂志, 2000, 14(004):217-221.
金彩芬. 人格变量对大学生内隐羞耻、外显羞耻影响的研究[D]. 陕西师范大学, 2007.