PRELIMINARY VALIDATION OF THE STATE SHAME AND GUILT SCALE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
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This research aimed to conduct preliminary validation of the State Shame and Guilt Scale (SSGS) for undergraduate students, adapted from Marschall et al.'s (1994) original SSGS. The scale comprises two dimensions: shame and guilt. The sample consisted of 540 undergraduate students from Burapha University during the 2023 academic year (M age = 19.10, SD = 1.22, range 18-23). The study employed two instruments: the State Shame and Guilt Scale and the Subjective Well-being Scale. Psychometric analyses demonstrated that the adapted SSGS contained 10 items with high internal consistency (α = .89 for the overall scale; α = .86 and .88 for respective dimensions). Criterion-related validity assessment revealed a significant negative correlation with the Subjective Well-being Scale (r = -.356, p < .01). Confirmatory factor analysis indicated good model fit with empirical data (χ² = 0.42, df = 3, p = .936, GFI = 1.00, AGFI = 0.99, RMR = .0144, RMSEA = .018). These findings support the validity and reliability of the adapted SSGS for measuring shame and guilt among undergraduate students. The scale shows promise for application in psychiatric interventions aimed at managing guilt and shame while promoting subjective well-being among undergraduate students.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของสมาคมจิตวิทยาแห่งประเทศไทย
ข้อความที่ปรากฎในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับสมาคมจิตวิทยาแห่งประเทศไทย แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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