External and Internal Shame Scale (EISS)

Title of the Portuguese Version

Escala de Vergonha Externa e Interna

Original Version

Ferreira, C., Moura-Ramos, M., Matos, M., & Galhardo, A. (2020)

Portuguese Version

Ferreira, C., Moura-Ramos, M., Matos, M., & Galhardo, A. (2020)

General Description

The EISS allows, in a single measure, the assessment of global shame experience, as well as its external and internal dimension. This scale consists of eight items, generated to measure the four central domains of general feelings of shame, and present in both external and internal shame: inferiority/inadequacy, sense of exclusion, uselessness/emptiness and criticism/judgment. Each of the dimensions is composed of four items: external (e.g., “I feel that others see me as uninteresting”) and internal dimensions (e.g., “I feel that I am different and inferior to the others”), to which the participants must answer using a 5-point scale (0 = “Never” to 4 = “Always”). Scores vary between 0 and 32 points, with higher values indicating higher levels of shame. The original version of the scale revealed good psychometric qualities.

References

  • Ferreira, C., Moura-Ramos, M., Matos, M., & Galhardo, A. (2020). A new measure to assess external and internal shame: Development, factor structure and psychometric properties of the External and Internal Shame Scale. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00709-0

  • Ferreira, C., Moura-Ramos, M., Matos, M., & Galhardo, A. (2020). A new measure to assess external and internal shame: Development, factor structure and psychometric properties of the External and Internal Shame Scale. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00709-0

Contacts

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