The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the rejection sensitivity and emotional expression ambivalence are mediating sequentially in the relationship between internalized shame and magnetic concealment. For this purpose, a self - report qu...
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the rejection sensitivity and emotional expression ambivalence are mediating sequentially in the relationship between internalized shame and magnetic concealment. For this purpose, a self - report questionnaire survey was conducted on 314 adult males and females aged 20 to 40 years, who were early adulthoods of Erikson(1963). The results of this study are as follows. First, internalized shame, self - concealment, rejection sensitivity, and emotional expression ambivalence all showed a statistically significant positive correlation between the variables. This means that there is a close relationship between the variables. second. The internalized shame mediates sequentially the rejection sensitivity and the emotional expression ambivalence, and the path that influences self concealment is significant. In addition, the internalized shame mediates emotional expression ambivalence and influences self concealment. However, internalized shame mediated the rejection sensitivity, indicating that pathways affecting self - concealment were not significant. Third, there was a significant difference in the paths that affect self - concealment through mediating the ambivalence of emotional expression in the internalized shame, and the paths affecting self - concealment and the internalized shame mediating sequentially the rejection sensitivity and emotional expression ambivalence.
This study is expected to help more effective intervention in understanding and counseling of internalized shame and self-concealment. The implications and limitations of this study and suggestions for subsequent research were discussed.