ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2022
Aetiology of shame and its association with adolescent depression and anxiety: results from a prospective twin and sibling study.
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- The mediating role of shame in the relationship between adolescent hairpulling and co-occurring anxiety and depressive symptomology.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Psychological flexibility and self-compassion buffer the impact of shame on depression among adults with physical disabilities.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Intergenerational transmission of borderline personality disorder features, shame, and non-suicidal self-injury through perceived parental invalidation.Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation · 2025Article
- Putting the Social in Emotions: The Effect of Audience Presence on Pride and Embarrassment Across Ontogeny.Developmental science · 2025Article
- Parental socialization of guilt and shame in early childhood.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Personalised psychotherapy in primary care: evaluation of data-driven treatment allocation to cognitive-behavioural therapy versus counselling for depression.BJPsych open · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundShame is considered a maladaptive self-conscious emotion that commonly co-occurs alongside depression and anxiety. Little is known, however, about the aetiology of shame and its associations with depression and anxiety. We estimated, for the first time, genetic and environmental influences on shame and on its associations with depression and anxiety in adolescence.
methodsThe sample was twin and sibling pairs from the Genesis 1219 Study (Time 1, N = 2,685; males 42.8%, M
resultsShame was moderately to strongly associated with concurrent depression and anxiety. Prospectively, shame was significantly associated with an increase in depression, but not anxiety. Genetic analyses revealed that shame was moderately heritable with substantial nonshared environmental influence. The associations between shame and concurrent depression and anxiety were primarily accounted for by overlapping genetic influences. Prospectively, the association between shame and later depression was primarily accounted for by genetic and nonshared environmental influences shared with earlier depression. The unique association between shame and later depression was mostly explained by common nonshared environmental influences.
conclusionsThe findings offer novel evidence regarding aetiology of shame-although moderately heritable, shame in adolescents may also result from nonshared environmental factors. Genetic and nonshared environmental influences contribute to the co-occurrence of shame with depression and anxiety.
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