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.
Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1. Josephine.tan@lakeheadu.ca
Josephine
J
Tan
Brooke
B
Carfagnini
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