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Pride, shame and health among adolescents – a cross-sectional survey

  • Eva Randell EMAIL logo , Junia Joffer , Renée Flacking , Bengt Starrin und Lars Jerdén
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 24. Mai 2017

Abstract

Background

Pride and shame are important emotions known to influence identity development and psychological well-being in adolescence. Research evidence indicates that self-rated health (SRH) is a strong predictor of future health. This cross-sectional study, conducted during 2008–2009, aimed to investigate the associations between pride, shame and SRH among adolescent boys and girls.

Methods

The study sample comprised 705 adolescents in Sweden aged 17–18 years (318 boys and 387 girls) who completed a questionnaire that included items on SRH, shame and pride (participation rate 67%). Logistic regression analyses (univariable and multivariable) were used to investigate the associations between pride and shame as separate and combined constructs on SRH, adjusting for potential confounders (country of birth, parental educational level, school experience, having enough friends, mood in family and being active in associations).

Results

Pride and shame separately were significantly associated with SRH in both genders. Logistic regression analysis of the pride-shame model showed that the odds of having lower SRH were highest in boys and girls with lower pride-higher shame. In a multivariable logistic regression analysis of the pride-shame model the odds of having lower SRH remained significant in boys and girls with lower pride-higher shame [boys: odds ratio (OR) 3.51, confidence interval (CI) 1.40–8.81; girls: OR 2.70, CI 1.22–5.96] and in girls with lower pride-lower shame (OR 2.16, CI 1.02–4.56).

Conclusion

The emotions of shame and pride are associated with SRH in adolescence. Experiencing pride seems to serve as a protective mechanism in SRH in adolescents exposed to shame. We believe that this knowledge should be useful in adolescent health promotion.

Acknowledgements

Financial support has been provided by the Swedish Research Council for Working Life, Health and Welfare and Dalarna University, Sweden.

  1. Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

  2. Authors’ contributions: ER participated in the design of the study, performed the statistical analyses and wrote the manuscript. JJ participated in the statistical analysis and in the writing of the manuscript. RF participated in the design of the study and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. BS participated in the statistical analyses and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. LJ participated in the design of the study, helped perform the statistical analyses and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

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Received: 2016-09-15
Accepted: 2017-02-12
Published Online: 2017-05-24

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