The effectiveness of positive psychology based intervention module for working with shame

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380919
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Clinical psychology
• Research Institution: Ochanomizu University
• Principal Investigator: Iwakabe Shigeru お茶の水女子大学, 基幹研究院, 准教授 (10326522)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 心理療法 / 恥 / 効果研究 / プロセス研究 / 感情変容 / 感情焦点化 / 陽性感情 / 複数事例研究法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study aimed at delineating the role of shame in psychological dysfunctions, to develop psychotherapeutic intervention that targets the affective-cognitive processes that produce maladaptive shame, and to examine the effectiveness of such an intervention. The study identified 2 types of adaptive shame and 9 types of maladaptive shame. Based on the intensive process analysis of episodes of effectively resolving shame problems, the researcher delineated an intervention module for working with shame in psychotherapy. The effectiveness of this intervention module was tested within the context of a 10 session short-term psychotherapy. The intervention was particularly effective when clients did not show strong defensiveness or avoidance against emotional expression.

Free Research Field

臨床心理学