Shame, guilt, and depression in men and women in recovery from addiction

Men and women in recovery from addiction were compared on levels of depression and self-conscious affect including proneness to shame, guilt, externalization, detachment, and pride. The sample consisted of 130 subjects (88 men and 42 women; mean age 33.04), 90 of whom were active participants in a 1...

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Published in:Journal of substance abuse treatment 1994-11, Vol.11 (6), p.503-510
Main Authors: O'Connor, Lynn E., Berry, Jack W., Inaba, Darryl, Weiss, Joseph, Morrison, Andrea
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
addiction
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Comorbidity
depression
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - epidemiology
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Emotions
Female
Guilt
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
recovery
Sex Factors
Shame
Substance abuse treatment
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - psychology
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
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Summary:Men and women in recovery from addiction were compared on levels of depression and self-conscious affect including proneness to shame, guilt, externalization, detachment, and pride. The sample consisted of 130 subjects (88 men and 42 women; mean age 33.04), 90 of whom were active participants in a 12-step recovery program, and 40 of whom were in a residential treatment community. Subjects completed The Beck Depression Inventory and The Test of Self-Conscious Affect. Significant differences between the sexes were found for proneness to shame, detachment, and depression. Women were significantly higher on shame and depression; men were significantly higher on detachment. The subjects were compared to subjects who were not chemically dependent. It was found that these recovering drug-addicted subjects scored significantly higher in proneness to shame and externalization and significantly lower on proneness to guilt. Treatment implications of proneness to shame in the drug-addicted population, and particularly in women, are discussed. The use of confrontational drug treatment strategies may be contraindicated.
ISSN:0740-5472
1873-6483
DOI:10.1016/0740-5472(94)90001-9