Date of Award
1991
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Professional Psychology
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Patrick Openlander
Second Advisor
Jesse Harris
Third Advisor
Michael Runcie
Abstract
There was a two-fold purpose for this study: first, to investigate the view held by many graphoanalysts that guilt can be assessed by the identification of the stroke of "self-castigation". The second purpose was to investigate the relationship between the emotions of guilt and shame, and to further suggest to graphoanalysts the various traits to look for when evaluating the presence or absence of guilt and/or shame operating in the personality.
Thirty subjects were administered a guilt measurement test and a standard text model which was duplicated in their handwriting for comparisons and correlation with the stroke of "self-castigation". The results supported the author's hypothesis that there is no significant correlation between the "self-castigation" stroke and guilt or anxiety.
The study's conclusion shows the importance for graphoanalysts to understand the global impact of guilt and shame in the personality and to be better able to evaluate these emotions when doing analysis.
Recommended Citation
Norfleet, Shirley, "The Guilt/Shame Quality: Its Many Forms and Functions for Graphoanalytic Interpretation" (1991). Theses. 1149.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/1149
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