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Understanding interpersonal guilt: Associations with attachment, altruism, and personality pathology
Jessica Leonardi, Francesco Gazzillo, Bernard S. Gorman, David Kealy
Scandinavian Journal of Psychologypp. 1-8
01/07/2022
DOI: 10.1111/sjop.12854
Articolo Internazionale
Abstract
The aim of this article is to empirically investigate the relationships among interpersonal guilt, as conceived within control-mastery theory (CMT), and attachment, altruism, and personality pathology in an English-speaking sample. An online sample of 393 participants was recruited to complete the Interpersonal Guilt Rating Scale self-report version-15 (IGRS-15s), together with other empirically validated measures for the assessment of attachment, altruism, and personality pathology. On the basis of previous studies conducted in Italian-speaking samples, we hypothesized that survivor guilt, separation/disloyalty guilt, and omnipotent responsibility guilt would be associated with attachment anxiety and avoidance, altruism, and personality pathology; self-hate was hypothesized to be associated only with attachment anxiety and avoidance and personality pathology. Analyses examined bivariate associations as well as the network of partial correlations among variables. The results largely confirmed hypothesized associations, with self-hate evincing the strongest unique association with personality dysfunction. Findings provide a basis for further research regarding interpersonal guilt and personality and relational functioning, with potential implications for clinical conceptualizations of the role of guilt in psychopathology.
Parole Chiave
interpersonal guilt
control-mastery theory
attachment
altruism
personality pathology
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