The Internalized Shame Scale: Temporal stability, internal consistency, and principal components analysis

Childhood Maltreatment and Internalized Shame in Adults with a Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder

“…The Internalized Shame Scale (Cook, ) is a 30‐item reliable self‐report scale, providing an accurate and stable measure of internalized shame (Cook, , ; Rosario & White, ). Twenty‐four shame‐based items provide a total shame score.…”

Shame and resilience among Pakeha New Zealanders

“…According to del Rosario and White (2006), shame in its legitimate form is a transient feeling of discomfort that is experienced when one's identity or self-image is threatened. In contrast, internalised shame occurs when shame exists at a trait level, leading to on-going feelings of incompetence or inferiority.…”

“…When considering the internalisation of shame, or succumbing to shame, it is interesting to note that del Rosario and White (2006) argued that shame in its legitimate form is merely a transient feeling of discomfort. As described in chapter 6, participants in the present study reported a wide range of intensities in the emotional experience of shame.…”

“…As del Rosario and White (2006) asserted, protective shame is a mild form of discomfort. Numerous researchers, along with the present study's participants, agree that chronic, internalised shame is profoundly unhelpful.…”

Social anxiety, submissiveness, and shame in men and women: A moderated mediation analysis

“…Whereas external shame refers to how one thinks others see the self and the resulting negative feelings and behaviours related to beliefs about potential rejection or attack by others, internalized shame refers to the negative beliefs or feelings a person has about his or her own attributes or behaviour (Allan, Gilbert, & Goss, ; Gilbert, ; Goss, Gilbert, & Allan, ). The chronic and global nature of internalized shame can also be distinguished from state shame, which refers to the experience of shame as a transient and acute reaction in specific situations (Del Rosario & White, ). Perhaps unsurprisingly, chronic, global internalized shame has been associated with a wide variety of negative outcomes including depression, addiction, eating disorders, sexual abuse, and trauma, as well as feelings of abandonment and rejection (see Del Rosario & White, , for a review).…”