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Design and Implementation of an fMRI Study Examining Thought Suppression in Young Women with, and At-risk, for Depression
Published on: May 19, 2015
Self-silencing, anger and depressive symptoms in women: implications for prevention and intervention
Josephine Tan1, Brooke Carfagnini
1Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1. Josephine.tan@lakeheadu.ca
Abstract:
The study investigated Jack's silencing the self theory by examining the links among severity of depressive symptoms, self-silencing, anger expression and anger suppression in women. The predictors of depressive symptoms were anger suppression and two facets of self-silencing as measured with Jack's Silencing the Self Scale (STSS): Externalized Self-Perception and Self-Silencing. Women in the high depression group scored higher than those in the low depression group in anger expression, anger suppression, and in all four facets of STSS: Externalized Self-Perception, Care as Self-Sacrifice, Self-Silencing, and Divided Self. Findings are discussed with implications for preventive and intervention strategies for depression in women.
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