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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 24.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2015 May 18;49(5):491–498. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2015.05.001
Item Guilt – Affect and Cognition Subscale
1 You thought: “I should have been more prepared.”
2 You felt bad that you let people down.
3 You felt uncomfortable.
4 You felt regretful for not acting how you thought you should have acted.
5 You felt bad.
6 You felt guilty.
7 You wondered if you could have done better.
8 When you think about what happened, it weighs heavily on your mind.
9 You felt sorry for how things played out.
10 You felt like you disappointed people.
Guilt – Reparative Behavior Subscale
11 You decided to compensate for your shortcomings by trying harder in the future.
12 You resolved to be better in the future.
13 You promised yourself that you would avoid such mistakes in the future.
14 You resolved to become more committed to achieving your goals.
15 You decided to make it up to people as soon as you could.
16 You promised yourself that you would be better prepared in the future.
17 You were willing to accept the consequences of your actions and felt like you deserved them.
18 You vowed to be more careful in the future.
19 You apologized to people afterward.
20 You took responsibility for your actions and their consequences.
Shame – Negative Self-Appraisal Subscale
21 You felt like a failure.
22 You felt lacking in self-control.
23 You felt like an incompetent person.
24 You felt stupid.
25 You felt ashamed.
26 You felt like a horrible person.
27 You felt like an irresponsible person.
28 You felt like a loser.
29 You felt like people were watching you and laughing at you.
30 You thought: “I can’t be trusted with anything important.”
Shame – Behavioral Avoidance Subscale
31 You considered giving up on your goals altogether.
32 You felt like you wanted to hide.
33 After the experience was over, you felt so bad that you wanted to avoid people who were present during the situation itself.
34 You just wanted to be alone after the experience.
35 You wished you had never been in the situation to begin with.
36 You vowed to avoid similar situations in the future.
37 You were so afraid of some people’s reactions that you made efforts to avoid telling them about the experience.
38 You avoided certain people who you knew wouldn’t approve of the way you acted in the situation.
39 You tried to forget that the experience ever happened.
40 You wanted to just sink into the floor and disappear.