Underneath the Mask of the Strong Black Woman Schema: Disentangling Influences of Strength and Self-Silencing on Depressive Symptoms among US Black Women
Underneath the Mask of the Strong Black Woman Schema: Disentangling Influences of Strength and Self-Silencing on Depressive Symptoms among US Black Women
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DOI：
10.1007/s11199-018-0956-y
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发表时间：
2019-05-01
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3.8
通讯作者：
Maxwell, Morgan
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作者：
Abrams, Jasmine A.;Hill, Ashley;Maxwell, Morgan
最近的调查阐明了坚强黑人女性（SBW）模式对美国黑人女性心理健康和寻求治疗行为的影响。然而，产生抑郁症的 SBW 示意图特征尚未确定。目前的研究通过定量检查 SBW 图式的特征与抑郁症状学的关系，填补了文献中的这一空白。分析基于 194 名参与者，包括大学生 (n=98) 和社区成员 (n=96)，年龄从 18 岁到 82 岁不等 (M=37.53，SD=19.88)。正如假设的那样，自我沉默的各种表现被发现显着介导了表现力量的感知义务（SBW 特征）与抑郁症状之间的关系。本研究提出了抑郁症状与 SBW 图式的认可相关的观点，并强调自我沉默是这种关系发生的机制。这些结果提供了 SBW 模式对黑人女性心理健康影响的证据和澄清，并确定了心理健康从业者对黑人女性进行治疗工作的具体干预点。我们为未来的研究提供建议，以避免将力量病理化，并讨论将女性主义理论观点纳入对黑人女性的咨询中的影响和潜在好处，黑人女性历来没有充分利用心理健康资源。
Recent investigations have elucidated the influence of the Strong Black Woman (SBW) Schema on the mental health and treatment seeking behaviors of Black women in the United States. However, the SBW schematic characteristics that produce depression have yet to be identified. The current study fills this void in the literature through a quantitative examination of how characteristics of the SBW Schema relate to depressive symptomology. Analyses were based on 194 participants, including college students (n=98) and community members (n=96), ranging in age from 18 to 82 years-old (M=37.53, SD=19.88). As hypothesized, various manifestations of self-silencing were found to significantly mediate the relationship between the perceived obligation to manifest strength (a SBW characteristic) and depressive symptomatology. The present study advances the idea that depressive symptoms are related to endorsement of the SBW Schema and highlights self-silencing as a mechanism by which this relationship occurs. These results offer evidence and clarification of the impact of the SBW Schema on Black women's mental health and identify specific points of intervention for mental health practitioners conducting therapeutic work with Black women. We provide recommendations for future research to avoid pathologizing strength and we discuss the implications and potential benefits of integrating a Womanist theoretical perspective into counseling for Black women, a population that has historically underutilized mental health resources.