Shame in social interaction: Descriptions of experiences of shame by participants with high or low levels of narcissistic traits

IF 3.2 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-02-26 DOI:10.1111/bjso.12734

Emmi Koskinen, Pentti Henttonen, Sanna Kie Kettunen, Sanna Pesonen, Matias Piispanen, Liisa Voutilainen, Mariel Wuolio, Anssi Peräkylä

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In this study, we investigate how personal experiences about shameful events are described in face-to-face social interaction, and how these stories differ between participants who have either high or low levels of narcissistic personality traits. The dataset consists of 22 dyadic conversations where the participants describe events where they felt ashamed of themselves. We found the narratives to vary in terms of five dimensions. With narcissistic individuals, the default narrative tended to exhibit a cluster of characteristics that gather at one end of these dimensions: (1) weak expressions of shame; (2) located in the story-world; (3) low level of reflexivity as well as; (4) responsibility of the described event; and (5) a general level of description. We discuss the findings in relation to sociological and psychological theories of shame and suggest that individuals with narcissistic personality traits are more inclined to use suppressive conversational practices in their treatment of shame, thus providing a “window” to these interactional practices.

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社会交往中的羞耻感：自恋特质程度高或低的参与者对羞耻体验的描述

在本研究中，我们调查了在面对面的社交互动中，人们是如何描述有关羞耻事件的个人经历的，以及这些故事在自恋人格特征程度高或低的参与者之间有何不同。数据集包括 22 个参与者描述自己感到羞愧的事件的二人对话。我们发现这些叙述在五个方面存在差异。对于自恋型人格的人，默认叙述往往表现出聚集在这些维度一端的一组特征：(1) 羞愧感的微弱表达；(2) 位于故事世界中；(3) 低水平的反射性以及；(4) 所描述事件的责任；(5) 一般水平的描述。我们结合羞耻感的社会学和心理学理论对研究结果进行了讨论，并认为具有自恋人格特质的人在处理羞耻感时更倾向于使用压抑性对话实践，从而为这些互动实践提供了一个 "窗口"。

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