@article{ref1,
title="Guilt-proneness is associated with the use of protective behavioral strategies during episodes of alcohol use",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2017",
author="Treeby, Matt S. and Rice, Simon M. and Cocker, Fiona and Peacock, Amy and Bruno, Raimondo",
volume="79",
number="",
pages="120-123",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Shame and guilt are closely related emotions with diverging implications for the development, and potential treatment, of substance use disorders. Accumulating research indicates that a guilt-prone affect style buffers individuals against the development of problematic alcohol use, while shame-proneness appears to offer no protective function. However, little is known about the manner in which guilt-prone individuals avoid the experience of alcohol use-related harms. The present study aimed to extend the shame, guilt, and substance use literature by examining whether these two self-conscious affect styles are differentially related to the use of protective behavioral strategies which reduce the risk of harms during drinking episodes. <br><br>METHODS: Participants (N=281; female n=207) completed pen-and-paper measures of shame and guilt-proneness, level of alcohol use, and the habitual use of protective behavioral strategies during drinking episodes. Part-correlation analysis isolated shame-free guilt and guilt-free shame residuals in exploring relationships between self-conscious affect style and the use of protective behavioral strategies during drinking episodes. <br><br>RESULTS: Guilt-proneness was consistently associated with the routine use of protective behavioral strategies during episodes of alcohol intake. In contrast, shame-proneness was unrelated to the use of such protective and harm avoidance strategies when drinking. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Findings provide additional support for the argument that guilt and shame need to be considered separately in both research and substance use treatment settings.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.12.027",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.12.027"
}