Self-silencing, anger and depressive symptoms in women: implications for prevention and intervention.
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.
Tan
Josephine
J
Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1. Josephine.tan@lakeheadu.ca
Carfagnini
Brooke
B
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000786:Anger; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016387:Women's Health