Table 1.

Included articles.

Authors & title	Year	Research aim	Measures	Sample	n	Findings	Evaluation
Abramowitz, A, & Berenbaum, H. Emotional triggers and their relation toimpulsive and compulsive psychopathology.	2007	Emotional triggers as a predictor of impulsive-compulsive behaviours	BIS-11, OCI	College Students	189	Anger & shame predict I-C pathology	Correlational study
Dearing, RL, Stuewig, J, & Tangney, JP. On the importance of distinguishing shame from guilt: relations toproblematic alcohol and drug use.	2005	Clarifying the role of shame and guilt in substance use	MCMI & TOSCA	Students & inmates	816	Shame correlates with substance use in both samples	Correlation
Edwall, GE, Hoffmann, NG, & Harrison, PA. Psychological correlates of sexual abuse in adolescent girls inchemical dependency treatment.	1989	Psychopathology & self-concept in victims of sexual use	Interviews by counsellors	Adolescent females	597	Sexual abuse & shame are common in substance use	Limited data re: severity of abuse
Lashbrook, JT. Fitting in: exploring the emotional dimension of adolescent peer pressure.	2000	Emotions and conformity	Qualitative	College students	12	Facets of shame motivate individuals to drink alcohol with peers	Small sample; Retrospective
Quiles, ZN, Kinnunen, T, & Bybee, J. Aspects of guilt and self-reportedsubstance use in adolescence.	2002	The relationship between guilt and adolescent substance use	TOSCA, GI, MFCGI, PFQ2	Students	230	Substance users have weaker internalisation of societal standards	Retrospective, self-report data Focus on guilt
Rosenkranz, SE, Henderson, JL,Muller, RT & Goodman, IR. Motivation and maltreatment history among youth entering substance abuse treatment.	2012	The relationship between maltreatment and motivation to change	SOCRATES, TEQ, TAQ, AUDIT, DAST, PSS	16–24 year-old substance abusers	188	Shames is associated with substance use	89% positive response rate self-reported maltreatment