Vol. 16 No. 1 (2025)
Studies

Sensitivity to Put Down in Different Types of Pride

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Bertalan Alpár
Pázmány Péter Catholic University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.61177/HISZ.2025.16.1.9

Published 25-06-2025

Keywords

  • pride,
  • shame,
  • put down,
  • AP,
  • HP

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Abstract

Background: Pride and shame hold a prominent place in the literature on emotions. The feeling of pride is now divided into two subtypes, which are distinguishable from each other by their opposing personality correlates. However, the literature on these subtypes in the context of shame responses is scarce. Consequently, we have limited data on how the two types of pride behave when put down.

Aim: This study aims to examine the relationship between types of pride and self- and other-blaming behaviors in put down situations.

Methods: The study involved 135 participants over the age of 18. The types of pride were assessed using the Hungarian version of Tracy and Robins' (2007) questionnaire (Bolló et al., 2018), and responses to being put down were assessed using the Hungarian version of Gilbert and Miles' (2000) questionnaire (Horváth et al., 2022).

Results: Despite the sophisticated dichotomous picture drawn by the relevant literature regarding the two types of pride and their associated traits, this distinction does not manifest in everyday behavior. Data analysis revealed no relationship between the examined types of pride and responses to being put down.

Conclusion: While shame and pride are tightly intertwined within an individual's personality, it seems behavioral responses to shame are not related to the type of pride an individual possesses. This study suggests that previous research may have overemphasized the role of pride types in human behavior. Focusing on behavioral responses when being put down, gives us a good chance of detecting the effect of pride types’ on our behavior, because the nature of the situations are deeply connected to our feelings of pride. However if pride types have no significant influence on behavior in such relevant senarios, one might question whether they make any difference at all in less relevant everyday situations.

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