| 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. |
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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. |
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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.” |
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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. |