Papers by Cecilia Eliasson
This study examined the relationship between shame and adult attachment. Both shame and attachmen... more This study examined the relationship between shame and adult attachment. Both shame and attachment has in previous studies shown to be working-models whitch are made early in peoples life and which effects our self-image, selfesteem and how we relate och function together with other people.These inner working-models are relativly stable across lifespan. With use of self-report, mesures of adult attachment and shame was made and the results showed a significant difference between the type of adult attachment and selfreported shame level. Secure attachment and unsecure/dissmissive attachment reported lower levels of shame in the self-reported messure Experience of Shame Scale ESS while the unsecure/fearful and unsecure/preoccupied reported higer levels of shame in the selfreported messure Experience of Shame Scale ESS. This supportes previous studies made in attachment and shame. More reaserch is needed to, in a profound way, understand these komplex mechanisms.
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Papers by Cecilia Eliasson