Silencing the self: Inner dialogues and outer realities.

Jack, Dana Crowley

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“…For example, Finn and Lavitt (1994) noted that females are underrepresented as participants in OMHGs for sexual abuse survivors. Similarly, Salem et al (1997) found that despite the greater prevalence of depression experienced by females ( Jack, 1999;Nolen-Hoeksema, 1990), 60% of the participants in an OMHG for depression were male. Of course, earlier findings of disproportionate male representation in OMHGs may be related to men's greater use of the internet (Graphic, Visualization, & Usability Center, 1998).…”

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Communication patterns in an on-line mutual help group for problem drinkers

Klaw¹,

Huebsch²,

Humphreys³

2000

J. Community Psychol.

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This study analyzed 376 randomly selected messages (known as “posts”) to investigate the features, patterns, and functions of communication in an on‐line mutual help group (OMHG) for problem drinkers. Consistent with previous OMHG research, the most prevalent form of communication was providing self‐disclosure, followed by providing information/advice. As in face‐to‐face groups, conflict was infrequent and communication was generally warm and supportive. Consistent with previous findings of gender atypicality in OMHG participation, although most problem drinkers are male, 72% of posts for which the author's gender could be identified were written by women. No gender differences were found in communication patterns. The findings suggest that OMHGs may be particularly appealing to individuals with minority status in a problem‐focused community. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Communication patterns in an on-line mutual help group for problem drinkers

Klaw¹,

Huebsch²,

Humphreys³

2000

J. Community Psychol.

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“…Self-silencing refers to withholding parts of the self from expression, such as opinions and emotions, to maintain a relationship (Jack, 1999). Self-silencing is theorized to be motivated by cultural imperatives which outline what it means to be a "good woman" (Jack, 1999). Although self-silencing maintains harmony in a relationship, the accompanying "loss-of-self" is shown to be linked with higher rates of psychological distress among college-age participants (eg., Gratch, 1995;Cramer et al, 2005;Hurst & Beesley, 2012).…”

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Marianismo Identity, Self-Silencing, Depression and Anxiety in Women from Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica

Kosmicki

2017

URJ

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"Marianismo", a gender role script in Latin America, is the concept that women should be the spiritual family leaders, remain abstinent until marriage, and be submissive to their husbands; it originates from the Catholic Church's image of the Virgin Mary. I examined the link between Marianismo identity, self-silencing, depression and anxiety in a sample of 47 women from the town of Santa Maria de Dota, Costa Rica, who completed self-report scales. I found positive correlations between Marianismo identity and self-silencing, and between self-silencing and both anxiety and depression. Older women rated higher in Marianismo and self-silencing.

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“…femininity, rather than to aspects of women's biological makeup as is commonly asserted in medical and lay understandings of the distress (Jack 1991(Jack , 1999aSchreiber 1998Schreiber , 2001Schreiber and Hartrick 2002;Stoppard 2000). While not denying a biological contribution to depression, researchers in what I am calling the silencing paradigm conceptualize depression as a crisis embedded in the everyday inequitable social relations (interpersonal and structural) that surround and define a woman's social existence (Jack 1991;Laitinen and Ettore 2004;Mauthner 2002;Stoppard and Gammell 2003).…”

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Listening Past the Lies that Make Us Sick: A Voice-Centered Analysis of Strength and Depression among Black Women

Beauboeuf–Lafontant

2008

Qual Sociol

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An emerging feminist paradigm likens depression to silencing, as women disconnect from important aspects of their realities in an attempt to meet cultural standards of feminine goodness. While offering a provocative re-evaluation of hegemonic feminine norms and depressive episodes, little in this literature explores connections between silencing and depression within other, non-white constructions of feminine goodness. Employing a voice-centered method that illuminates areas of conflict between cultural scripts and individual meaning making, I forward that being strong is both the depiction of Black feminine goodness and an important contributor to depressive episodes. Drawing on interview data from a nonclinical sample of 58 Black women, I illustrate three depressionrelevant aspects of Black women's gendered experiences: the promotion of their stoicism, silence, and selflessness through the prevailing discourse of the "strong Black woman"; the active suppression of discourse-discrepant realities which the women associate with depressive experiences; and the psychological healing attendant on supplanting this discourse with experience-based knowledge of their social realities. Voice-centeredness, I conclude, brings a needed sensitivity to depression as a racialized and gendered experience of distress tied to the normative conditions of Black women's lives.Keywords Depression . Silencing . Voice . Strength . Black women The silencing paradigm: A feminist understanding of depression Many women in our society live in an untenable position, wedged between sociocultural expectations and their own human growth potential.... Yet women thirst to be more than the roles and behaviors that are ascribed to them, and therein lies the trap of depression. (Schreiber 1996, p. 490) To explain the fact that women are overwhelmingly the victims of depression, some feminist theorists and researchers have argued that its incidence is tied to normative

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Silencing the self: Inner dialogues and outer realities.

Cited by 62 publications

References 38 publications

Communication patterns in an on-line mutual help group for problem drinkers

Communication patterns in an on-line mutual help group for problem drinkers

Marianismo Identity, Self-Silencing, Depression and Anxiety in Women from Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica

Listening Past the Lies that Make Us Sick: A Voice-Centered Analysis of Strength and Depression among Black Women

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