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Measuring shame and guilt-proneness: comparison of two approaches

Aims: 1. to develop the Croatian version of two measures of shame and guilt proneness that are based on two dominatin approaches: the Test of Self-Conscious Affect (TOSCA-3) representing scenario based, and the Personal Feelings Questionnaire (PFQ-2) - representing adjective checklist approach. To compare measures after applying them both to the same population, since previous reseraches applied them to different populations when evaluating their properties. Methods: We translated the questionnaires and applied them to 138 students. We conducted factor analysis, measure adaptation, descriptive and reliability analysis and examined inter and intra intruments correlations. Results: Females scored higher on both shame and guilt proneness TOSCA subscale, but not on PFQ-2 subscales. Psychometric properties of both measures were good and improved after scale adaptation. Shame nad gulit proneness were correlated in the scenario based approach. The correlation between quilt proneness subscales was low. Shame-proneness were more correlated (R2036%). Conclusion: Both measures are reliable dispositional measures. Our data confirm that they correspond to different aspects of shame and guilt.

shame; guilt

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