Development of Game for Assessment of
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2018-09-14
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Although the importance of shame proneness in the etiology of psychopathology is
increasingly acknowledged, research on shame proneness has been hampered by difficulty
with its assessment and the consequent lack of measurement diversity. To complement the
existing measures of shame proneness, we developed a new kind of measure that allows
behavioral assessment of shame proneness in a naturalistic setting. Specifically, the games,
Truth & Dare and Would You Rather, were developed to assess proneness to anticipatory and
reactive shame and its opposite, authenticity. In Truth & Dare, Truth refusal, refusal to talk
about perceived flaws, and Dare refusal, refusal to act in a flawed manner, were measured. In
Would You Rather, Switch, conformity to others’ position, Attack, criticism of others’
position in return, and Defend, assertion of one’s position, in the face of others’ negative
evaluations were measured. The in-game responses were evaluated by examining their
associations with self-reports of shame proneness, behavioral authenticity, and psychological
symptoms. Although hypothesized associations were partially supported, the developed
games offer an important first step toward behavioral assessment of shame proneness and
authenticity.
Keywords: shame, shame proneness, authenticity, assessment
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen