Experience of self conscious emotion in psychosis. Version 1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Self-conscious emotion: An investigation into the relationship between childhood trauma, feelings of shame, voice hearing, delusions and compassion in people experiencing psychosis.
IRAS ID
121718
Contact name
Joanne Barratt
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 28 days
Research summary
The study is an investigation into feelings of shame in people with psychosis. The study aims to consider the relationship between shame with experiences of childhood trauma, voice hearing, delusions and fear of compassion in people with psychosis.
The research literature has established a high incidence of childhood trauma in people with psychosis. In order to guide the development of future treatment, further understanding of moderating and mediating factors is now argued to be required. Researchers are exploring the impact of shame following trauma in post-traumatic stress disorder but there is little research between these variables in psychosis. This research seeks to investigate the association between childhood trauma and feelings of shame in people with a diagnosis of psychosis. Furthermore the study hopes to identify whether feelings of shame increase severity and type of voice hearing symptoms and delusions.
Compassionate mind theory suggests that for some people who have high feelings of shame experience compassion as frightening. This is argued to be due to adverse childhood experiences freezing the development of successful attachment relationships. Therefore this study will seek to explore whether people with psychosis who experienced childhood trauma experience compassion as frightening. As well as seeking to understand how fear of compassion may impact psychotic symptomology. Finally the study will aim to explore whether shame has a mediating role between childhood trauma experiences, hearing voices, delusions and fear of compassion.
Participants will be recruited from NHS sites that provide services for people with psychosis. Participants who consent to taking part will meet with the chief investigator on one occasion to complete a brief interview to complete a clinician rated measure and four short self-report questionnaires. Interviews will last between sixty and ninety minutes.REC name
South West - Frenchay Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/SW/1111
Date of REC Opinion
17 Dec 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion