Silencing the Self Across Cultures
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-539809-0 (ISBN)
This international volume offers new perspectives on social and psychological aspects of the complex dynamic of depression. The twenty-one contributors from thirteen countries - Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Haiti, India, Israel, Nepal, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Scotland, and the United States - represent contexts with very different histories, political and economic structures, and gender role disparities.
Authors rely on Silencing the Self theory, which details the negative psychological effects when individuals silence themselves in close relationships and the importance of the social context in precipitating depression. Specific patterns of thought about how to achieve closeness in relationships (self-silencing schema) are known to predict depression. This book breaks new ground by demonstrating that the linkage of depressive symptoms with self-silencing occurs across a range of cultures. We offer a new view of gender differences in depression situated in the formation and consequences of self-silencing, including differing motivational aims, norms of masculinity and femininity, and the broader social context of gender inequality.
The book offers evidence regarding why women's depression is more wide-spread than men's and why the treatment of depression lies in understanding that a person's individual psychology is inextricably related to the social world and close relationships. Authors examine not only gender differences in depression but also related aspects of mental and physical illness, including treatments specific to women. Several chapters describe the transformative possibilities of community-driven movements for disadvantaged women that support healing through a recovery of voice, and describe the need for systemic and structural changes to counter violations of human rights as a means of reducing women's risk of depression. Bringing the work of these researchers together in one collection furthers international dialogue about critical social factors that affect the rising rates of depression around the globe.
Dana C. Jack, EdD, is Professor at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies/Western Washington. Her research examines women's depression and anger in the U. S. and internationally, and qualitative research methods. She was a Fulbright Scholar to Nepal in 2001, and is author of three books, including Silencing the Self: Women and Depression. Alisha Ali, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. Her research examines social influences on women's depression, including the effects of emotional abuse, racism, and harassment. She is currently principal investigator on a series of studies examing economic empowerment for survivors of domestic violence.
Table of Contents
Contributors
Foreword: Silence No More
Judith Worell
Section I: Setting the Stage: Social, Biomedical, and Ethical Issues in Understanding Women's Depression
Chapter 1: Introduction: Culture, Self-Silencing, and Depression: A Contextual-Relational Perspective
Dana Crowley Jack and Alisha Ali
Chapter 2: The Social Causes of Women's Depression: A Question of Rights Violated?
Jill Astbury
Chapter 3: Drugs Don't Talk: Do Medication and Biological Psychiatry Contribute to Silencing the Self?
Richard A. Gordon
Chapter 4: The Itinerant Researcher: Ethical and Methodological Issues in Conducting Cross-Cultural Mental Health Research
Joseph E. Trimble, María R. Scharrón-del Río, and Guillermo Bernal
Section II: Self-Silencing and Depression across Cultures
Introduction to Section II: On the Critical Importance of Relationships for Women's Well-Being
Judith Jordan
Chapter 5: Women's Self-Silencing and Depression in the Socio-Cultural Context of Germany
Tanja Zoellner and Susanne Hedlund
Chapter 6: Gender as Culture: The Meanings of Self-Silencing in Women and Men
Linda Smolak
Chapter 7: 'I Don't Express My Feelings to Anyone': How Self-Silencing Relates to Depression and Gender in Nepal
Dana Jack, Bindu Pokharel, and Usha Subba
Chapter 8: Silencing the Self across Generations and Gender in Finland
Airi Hautamäki
Chapter 9: The Meaning of Self-Silencing in Polish Women
Krystyna Drat-Ruszczak
Chapter 10: Exploring the Immigrant Experience through Self-Silencing Theory and the Full Frame Approach: The Case of Caribbean Immigrant Women in Canada and the U.S.
Alisha Ali
Chapter 11: Deconstructing Gendered Discourses of Love, Power, and Violence in Intimate Relationships: Portuguese Women's Experiences
Sofia Neves and Conceição Nogueira
Chapter 12: Authentic Self-Expression: Gender, Ethnicity, and Culture
Anjoo Sikka, Linda (Gratch) Vaden-Goad, and Lisa K. Waldner
Chapter 13: Silencing the Self and Personality Vulnerabilities Associated with Depression
Avi Besser, Gordon L. Flett, and Paul L. Hewitt
Chapter 14: Sociopolitical, Gender, and Cultural Factors in the Conceptualization and Treatment of Depression among Haitian Women
Guerda Nicolas, Bridget Hirsch, and Clelia Beltrame
Section III: The Health Effects of Self-Silencing
Introduction to Section III: Empowering Depressed Women: The Importance of a Feminist Lens
Laura S. Brown
Chapter 15: Supporting Voice in Women Living with HIV/AIDS
Rosanna F. DeMarco
Chapter 16: Facilitating Women's Development through the Illness of Cancer: Depression, Self-Silencing, and Self-Care
Mary Sormanti
Chapter 17: Eating Disorders and Self-Silencing: A Function-Focused Approach to Treatment
Josie Geller, Sujatha Srikameswaran, and Stephanie Cassin
Chapter 18: Self-Silencing and the Risk of Heart Disease and Death in Women: The Framingham Offspring Study
Elaine D. Eaker and Margaret Kelly-Hayes
Chapter 19: Silencing the Heart: Women in Treatment for Cardiovascular Disease
Maria I. Medved
Chapter 20: Disruption of the Silenced Self: The Case of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
Jane M. Ussher and Janette Perz
Chapter 21: 'I Wasn't being True to Myself': Women's Narratives of Postpartum Depression
Natasha S. Mauthner
Chapter 22: Seeking Safety with Undesirable Outcomes: Women's Self-Silencing in Abusive Intimate Relationships and Implications for Healthcare
Stephanie J. Woods
COMMENTARY
Janet M. Stoppard
Appendix A: The Silencing the Self Scale
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.5.2010 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 236 x 160 mm |
| Gewicht | 941 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-539809-2 / 0195398092 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-539809-0 / 9780195398090 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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