2011
DOI: 10.1002/aps.274
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Oppression of the different: impact and treatment

Abstract: This paper explores the psychological impact of oppressive social forces among those with personal differences and delineates the affective and cognitive patterns that can unfold as a result. Recommendations for clinicians who treat patients with social/ personal differences are offered. strategies used to serve the project of power retention are hostile (e.g. prejudice, discrimination, etc.); all of it has profound social, physical and psychological implications for those who do not embody the white male, abl… Show more

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“…The power differential and oppression associated with colonial mentality may play a substantial role in an individual's emotional life, which affects his or her thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (Campbell, 2011). Those with low levels of power may display inhibited behaviors, such as heightened attention to threats, negative emotion, anxiety, systematic and controlled cognitions, as well as inhibited and situationally constrained behaviors (Campbell, 2011). As such, colonial mentality and its consequences may be a critical risk factor that impacts Filipino mental health.…”
Section: Future Directionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The power differential and oppression associated with colonial mentality may play a substantial role in an individual's emotional life, which affects his or her thoughts, feelings, and behaviors (Campbell, 2011). Those with low levels of power may display inhibited behaviors, such as heightened attention to threats, negative emotion, anxiety, systematic and controlled cognitions, as well as inhibited and situationally constrained behaviors (Campbell, 2011). As such, colonial mentality and its consequences may be a critical risk factor that impacts Filipino mental health.…”
Section: Future Directionsmentioning
confidence: 99%