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ArticlePsyCh journal2026

Atimiaphobia: The Undiscovered Burden of Honor Cultures and Shame Societies on Mental Health-Development and Validation of Atimiaphobia Scale.

Waqar Husain, Muhammad Ahmad Husain, Farrukh Ijaz, Khaled Trabelsi, Achraf Ammar, Haitham Jahrami

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Waqar HusainDepartment of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3047-1834
Muhammad Ahmad HusainDepartment of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Farrukh IjazDepartment of Humanities, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Khaled TrabelsiResearch Laboratory Education, Motricité, Sport et Santé, EM2S, LR19JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2623-9557
Achraf AmmarDepartment of Training and Movement Science, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0347-8053
Haitham JahramiGovernment Hospitals, Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-1320

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Abstract

The psychological impact of honor cultures and shame societies on the general population has not been examined through a diagnostic lens. Atimiaphobia is a newly recognized psychological condition characterized by an intense fear of losing honor or being labeled shameless, deeply rooted in honor cultures and shame societies. To assess this construct, the Atimiaphobia Scale (AtiPhoS) was developed and rigorously validated. The study was conducted in a series of four phases involving 1232 participants (M

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Mental HealthPhobic DisordersShameAdultFearFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsYoung Adultfear of losing honorfear of shamehonor culturesmeasurement and assessmentshame societies

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