An Empirical Study On The Explicit And Implicit Shame Of Chinese Armed Police Force's Young Officers And Soldiers

Since reforming and opening, China has been entering an overall accelerative transformation period by now. Under the impact of market economy construction, some people's value has begun to change. When they pursuit for the enjoyment and luxury, their feeling of shame becomes weaker and weaker, and Chinese traditional “shame” culture is challenged. There is a phenomenon that some people don't feel shame but proud when they face the shame events, and it will bring the negative effect of our society.Chinese People's Armed Police Force(PAP), as a national security force, plays an important role in maintaining the social stability and guarding the important facilities. Young officers and soldiers are the main part of PAP, their shame, honor and morality is good for increasing combat effectiveness and promoting the healthy construction of PAP. Shame, as a self-emotion and a vital moral emotion, can improve the officers' and soldiers' moral development. This research constructs Questionnaire of PAP Young Officers' and Soldiers' Shame to investigate the explicit shame, and programs the Brief Implicit Association Test to investigate the implicit shame of PAP young officers and soldiers. The results are as follows:Research One: Use the questionnaire to investigate the PAP young officers' and soldiers' explicit shame. It shows that 1) The overall level of PAP young officers and soldiers shame is above the average; the score of ability shame is the highest, and the score of personality shame is the lowest. 2) The scores of officers' overall shame and all dimensions are obviously higher than soldiers'; the scores of cadets' overall shame, body shame and personality shame are obviously higher than soldiers'. 3) The scores of overall shame and all dimensions of PAP young officers and soldiers who live in the rural areas are significant lower than PAP young officers and soldiers who live in the city; the score of overall shame, behavior shame, personality shame and family shame of PAP young officers and soldiers who live in the county or town is significant higher than those who live in the rural areas. 4) There is a significant correlation between explicit shame and age.Study Two: Use the Brief Implicit Association Test experiment to explore the PAP young officers' and soldiers' implicit shame. It shows that 1) There is significant implicit effect on the PAP young officers' and soldiers' shame. 2) The PAP young soldiers' D value of implicit shame is obviously higher than officers'. 3) The D value of PAP young officers and soldiers who live in rural areas is obviously higher than those who live in city. 4) The D value of PAP young officers and soldiers with high school degree is significant higher than those with associate degree or bachelor degree. 5) There is no significant correlation between implicit shame and explicit shame.This research explores the shame of PAP young officers and soldiers, expands the range of the shame study, helps to fully understand the shame under the Chinese culture. It finds the significant implicit effect on PAP young officers and soldiers by using the BIAT experiment to explore the implicit shame of PAP young officers and soldiers, and it proves that the BIAT experiment is an effective method to measure the implicit shame. Using implicit method to explore the shame can help us to understand and analyses shame fully.