The Value of Shame: Exploring a Health Resource in Cultural Contexts

The Value of Shame: Exploring a Health Resource in Cultural Contexts
ISBN-10
331953100X
ISBN-13
9783319531007
Category
Psychology
Pages
302
Language
English
Published
2017-04-06
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Claude-Hélène Mayer, Elisabeth Vanderheiden

Description

This volume combines empirical research-based and theoretical perspectives on shame in cultural contexts and from socio-culturally different perspectives, providing new insights and a more comprehensive cultural base for contemporary research and practice in the context of shame. It examines shame from a positive psychology perspective, from the angle of defining the concept as a psychological and cultural construct, and with regard to practical perspectives on shame across cultures. The volume provides sound foundations for researchers and practitioners to develop new models, therapies and counseling practices to redefine and re-frame shame in a way that leads to strength, resilience and empowerment of the individual.

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