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Use of the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Adolescents

Broekhof, E; Kouwenberg, M; Oosterveld, P; Frijns, JHM; Rieffe, C; (2017) Use of the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Adolescents. Assessment 10.1177/1073191117725169. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

No assessment tools are available to measure shame and guilt in children who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), while these self-conscious emotions might play a role in the frequently noted social and behavioral problems in this group. Therefore, the aim of this study was to validate the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire (BSGQ) in DHH children. In addition, we examined associations of shame and guilt with social anxiety, self-esteem, delinquency, and psychopathic behaviors. A sum of 225 hearing (Mage= 11.62 years) and 108 DHH (Mage= 11.82 years) participants completed the self-report BSGQ. Multigroup confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the two-factor structure (i.e., shame and guilt) of the BSGQ in the DHH group. Measurement invariance was established across both groups. However, the DHH group reported lower levels of self-conscious emotions in comparison with the hearing group. The BSGQ showed good concurrent validity, where shame was associated with higher levels of social anxiety and lower levels of self-esteem, and guilt was associated with lower levels of delinquency and psychopathic behavior in both groups. Future research should investigate the potential behavioral consequences of lower reported levels of self-conscious emotions in DHH youth.

Type: Article
Title: Use of the Brief Shame and Guilt Questionnaire in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and Adolescents
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1177/1073191117725169
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1073191117725169
Language: English
Additional information: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Keywords: hearing loss, self-conscious emotions, self-report questionnaire, validation, confirmatory factor analysis
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10053002
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