THE DIFFERENCE OF SHAME PRONENESS AND COPING STYLE TOWARDS SHAME STORIES
羞耻易感性差异及对羞耻的应付

This study aimed to probe the relationship between the emotion of shame and coping style. Totally 100 college students were asked to evaluate the intensity of shame they experienced according to the 9 stories (5 that mostly caused the subjects to be shameful were selected for analysis) provided by the experimenter and assessed the possibilities of using 17 coping methods in the story situations. At the same time, the differences between high and low shame proneness group were compared. The results of the percent of subjects using the coping methods showed that accepting the result, confronting the problem directly and waiting for feeling's to change were the methods college students prefered to use. College students were not inclined to use the methods of denial and withdrawal. The result of MONOVA showed that the high shame prone individuals were more likely to cope stressors by withdrawing, hiding feelings, praying and waiting for change compared with low shame prone individuals. The low shame prone individuals prefered to seek social support when meeting stressor.