Gender, sadness, and depression: The development of emotional focus through gendered discourse

Fıvush, Robyn; Buckner, Janine P.

doi:10.1017/cbo9780511628191.012

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“…First, the strongest significant differences between men and women were found in the cognitive emotion regulation strategies Rumination and Catastrophizing: women reported to ruminate as well as to catastrophize more often than men. In general, these findings are in line with earlier empirical findings showing us that women tend to focus more on their emotional experience, acknowledge and discuss emotions more openly and ruminate more on sadness than men do (Fivush & Buckner, 2000;Nolen-Hoeksema, 1987).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…that interventions for depressed women should be ones that help to distract them from their mood and increase activity (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1987). Distraction, however, is not the perfect coping strategy either, as not dealing with one's feelings may lead to externalizing disorders such as alcoholism and violent behavior (Fivush & Buckner, 2000). To create opportunities for a more targeted tailoring of treatment and preventive measures, focus of study should also include the content of cognitions or cognitive coping strategies by means of which men and women regulate their emotions.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Cognitive emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms: differences between males and females

Garnefski

Teerds

Kraaij

et al. 2004

Personality and Individual Differences

344

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The present study focuses on comparability of men and women in (a) the extent to which they use specific cognitive emotion regulation strategies in response to the experience of life stress and (b) the extent to which the use of these strategies is related to the reporting of depressive symptoms. In a general population sample of 251 males and 379 females, data were obtained on symptoms of depression and the use of nine cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Significant differences were found in the strategies Rumination, Catastrophizing and Positive refocusing: women reported to use these strategies more often than men. However, no differences were found in the extent to which specific cognitive strategies were related to the reporting of depressive symptomatology. In both groups, higher extents of reporting self-blame, rumination and/or catastrophizing as strategies were strongly related to higher depression scores, whereas higher extents of using positive reappraisal were related to lower depression scores. #

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cognitive emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms: differences between males and females

Garnefski

Teerds

Kraaij

et al. 2004

Personality and Individual Differences

344

194

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“…Studies have shown that women are more aware of their own emotions and those of others (Barrett, Lane, Sechrest, & Schwartz, 2000) and more accurate in mind-reading tasks (Thomas & Fletcher, 2003). In contrast, men are less likely to focus on their own experiences of sadness and those of others (Fivush & Buckner, 2000). Wives have been reported to score higher than their husbands on perspective-taking scales (Long & Andrews, 1990) and to be more sensitive and empathetic to their husband's feelings (Wilhelm & Perrez, 2004).…”

Section: Rf and Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Why is fathers’ reflective function important?

Benbassat¹,

Priel²

2015

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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Reflective function (RF) is an ability to think about one's own thoughts and feelings, as well as those of others. It imparts an awareness of one's self and others and forms the basis for self-construal and human relationships. Parental RF has been shown to play an important role in parenting and to promote the development of children's RF. Research on parental RF has been mostly restricted to mothers and to early stages of development. This article reviews the existing research on paternal RF and its role at later stages of development. Although there is a paucity of research on paternal RF, there is evidence that it is significant for children's development, particularly during adolescence, and that adolescence appears to be a significant period for the development of RF. However, there is also evidence for gender differences in RF, with fathers scoring lower than mothers. Various factors may impede RF, including emotional regulation and language skills, as well as social norms and socialization practices that may perpetuate gender differences in RF. Motivation seems to be a key factor in the realization of RF, and various interventions have been developed that appear to enhance RF. Our review underscores the need for further research on paternal RF, particularly in the context of adolescence, and on the factors that may impede its development and realization. In addition, there is a need for further development and assessment of intervention programs aimed at enhancing RF at the community, family, and individual levels.

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“…This might respond to girls being allowed to express their vulnerable emotions more fully than boys, a finding demonstrated for English-speaking children (Jansz, 2000). As research suggests, children's participation in language exchanges provides them with cultural understandings and cultural norms for expressing emotions, which include gender-appropriate forms of expression (Fivush & Buckner, 2000;Rogoff, 1990). Within this framework, we could hypothesize that narratives offer a context in which the expression of evaluation -and emotion -follows different norms across genders.…”

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Beyond Chronicity: Evaluation and Temporality in Spanish-Speaking Children's Personal Narratives

Uccelli¹

2008

Spanish-Language Narration and Literacy

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Gender, sadness, and depression: The development of emotional focus through gendered discourse

Cited by 75 publications

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Cognitive emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms: differences between males and females

Cognitive emotion regulation strategies and depressive symptoms: differences between males and females

Why is fathers’ reflective function important?

Beyond Chronicity: Evaluation and Temporality in Spanish-Speaking Children's Personal Narratives

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