Valerie E Whiffen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 104206 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Valerie E Whiffen |
| NOMBRES | Valerie E |
| APELLIDO | Whiffen |
| FIRMA | WHIFFEN V E |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 98 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1989 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2007 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Self-silencing mediates the link between marital conflict and depression
The Silencing the Self model of depression (Jack, 1991) proposes that women are at risk for depression when they suppress their true thoughts and feelings to avoid conflict. Using a community sample of 115 couples, the present study investigated whether self-silencing mediates the relationship between marital conflict and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that both men and women who perceived their marriages as conflicted tended to hide thei…
Mediators of the Link between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Emotional Distress
A history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a risk factor for adult emotional distress, including symptoms of depression, anxiety, dissociation, and trauma. However, CSA is likely associated with adult distress indirectly through an impact on mediating variables. In a review of the empirical literature, the authors found support for the roles of shame or self-blame, interpersonal difficulties, and avoidant coping strategies as mediators. In addi…
The role of partner characteristics in attachment insecurity and depressive symptoms
Depression is associated with marital distress and attachment insecurity in romantic relationships. In this article, I propose an attachment-theory model of depression, which links the characteristics of romantic partners to attachment insecurity and depression. I hypothesized that individuals who are avoidant of closeness and/or who devalue their spouses will be perceived as unresponsive to their spouses’ vulnerability, which will increase the s…
Complete Guide Lacks Substance
Myths and Mates in Childbearing Depression
Many myths exist about postpartum depression (PPD), all of which are based on the assumption that PPD differs qualitatively from depression that occurs at other times in women’s lives. These myths paint a misleading picture of how PPD arises and may prevent women from receiving treatment for their difficulties. In this article, I identify five common myths and review the research literature to demonstrate that each lacks an empirical basis. Next,…
Is the Promissory Note of Personality as Vulnerability to Depression in Default? Reply to Zuroff, Mongrain, and Santor (2004)
Perceptions of Parents and Partners and Men's Depressive Symptoms
Recent years have shown a marked growth in the literature examining the interpersonal context of depression. However, relatively little is known about the relational correlates of depression in men. The present study examined the relationships among men's recollections of childhood rejection by parents, their adult attachment security in current romantic relationships, and self-reported depressive symptoms. A mediational model of the associations…
Does Self-Silencing Link Perceptions of Care from Parents and Partners with Depressive Symptoms
Silencing the self is a theory of women's depression that proposes that depression results from women being inauthentic in key relationships. In this study, we linked this theory to a substantial empirical literature indicating that adult depression is associated both with perceptions that parents were rejecting during childhood, and with perceptions that the current romantic partner is critical. We hypothesized that rejecting childhood relations…
Personality, Interpersonal Context and Depression in Couples
The present study had two goals: first, to determine whether neediness and self-criticism are associated with distinct marital environments and, second, to evaluate two pathways by which marital environments may be related to personality and depressive symptoms. Personality vulnerability may be more strongly associated with depressive symptoms when the spouse's behavior matches the vulnerability (i.e. a needy person's spouse is emotionally distan…
Issues in personality as diathesis for depression
Issues in personality as diathesis for depression
A congruency between personality and life stress is assumed to pose a particular risk for depression. The authors review relevant research as a way of examining broader issues entailed in diathesis-stress models of depression. Topics include the identification of distinct personality modes and the differentiation of these modes from the phenomena of depression and the influence of the social context. Diathesis-stress models face formidable concep…
Depressive Symptoms, Sex and Perceptions of Intimate Relationships
Empirical evidence indicates that depression in one partner is negatively associated with marital variables, and suggests that the marital relationship may be critical to the course and outcome of the depressive episode. Two exploratory studies of intimate relationships addressed: (a) gender differences in dysphoric individuals' perceptions of themselves and their intimate partners, and (b) whether depressive symptomatology had differential effec…
Attachment and Perceived Social Support in Late Adolescence
Research has shown that self-perceptions are associated with perceived social support. Attachment theory suggests that perceptions of social support are afunction of two types of internal working models: model of self (beliefs about self-worth) and model of others (beliefs about the availability and responsiveness of others). This study investigated the relationship between models of self and others and perceived social support. Undergraduates (1…
Stress and Coping in Maritally Distressed and Nondistressed Couples
The present study evaluated the relationships among life stress, emotional distress, and coping in maritally distressed and nondistressed subjects. Four groups of couples were formed from a larger sample of subjects: one group of couples in which both partners' marital adjustment scores fell below the criterion for marital satisfaction (Dyadic Adjustment Scale = 100), two groups in which either the husband's or the wife's score fell below the cri…
Issues in personality as diathesis for depression
A congruency between personality and life stress is assumed to pose a particular risk for depression. The authors review relevant research as a way of examining broader issues entailed in diathesis-stress models of depression. Topics include the identification of distinct personality modes and the differentiation of these modes from the phenomena of depression and the influence of the social context. Diathesis-stress models face formidable concep…
Attachment and Perceived Social Support in Late Adolescence
Research has shown that self-perceptions are associated with perceived social support. Attachment theory suggests that perceptions of social support are afunction of two types of internal working models: model of self (beliefs about self-worth) and model of others (beliefs about the availability and responsiveness of others). This study investigated the relationship between models of self and others and perceived social support. Undergraduates (1…
Stress and Coping in Maritally Distressed and Nondistressed Couples
The present study evaluated the relationships among life stress, emotional distress, and coping in maritally distressed and nondistressed subjects. Four groups of couples were formed from a larger sample of subjects: one group of couples in which both partners' marital adjustment scores fell below the criterion for marital satisfaction (Dyadic Adjustment Scale = 100), two groups in which either the husband's or the wife's score fell below the cri…
Does Self-Silencing Link Perceptions of Care from Parents and Partners with Depressive Symptoms
Silencing the self is a theory of women's depression that proposes that depression results from women being inauthentic in key relationships. In this study, we linked this theory to a substantial empirical literature indicating that adult depression is associated both with perceptions that parents were rejecting during childhood, and with perceptions that the current romantic partner is critical. We hypothesized that rejecting childhood relations…
Self-silencing mediates the link between marital conflict and depression
The Silencing the Self model of depression (Jack, 1991) proposes that women are at risk for depression when they suppress their true thoughts and feelings to avoid conflict. Using a community sample of 115 couples, the present study investigated whether self-silencing mediates the relationship between marital conflict and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that both men and women who perceived their marriages as conflicted tended to hide thei…
Personality, Interpersonal Context and Depression in Couples
The present study had two goals: first, to determine whether neediness and self-criticism are associated with distinct marital environments and, second, to evaluate two pathways by which marital environments may be related to personality and depressive symptoms. Personality vulnerability may be more strongly associated with depressive symptoms when the spouse's behavior matches the vulnerability (i.e. a needy person's spouse is emotionally distan…
Depressive Symptoms, Sex and Perceptions of Intimate Relationships
Empirical evidence indicates that depression in one partner is negatively associated with marital variables, and suggests that the marital relationship may be critical to the course and outcome of the depressive episode. Two exploratory studies of intimate relationships addressed: (a) gender differences in dysphoric individuals' perceptions of themselves and their intimate partners, and (b) whether depressive symptomatology had differential effec…
Myths and Mates in Childbearing Depression
Many myths exist about postpartum depression (PPD), all of which are based on the assumption that PPD differs qualitatively from depression that occurs at other times in women’s lives. These myths paint a misleading picture of how PPD arises and may prevent women from receiving treatment for their difficulties. In this article, I identify five common myths and review the research literature to demonstrate that each lacks an empirical basis. Next,…
Perceptions of Parents and Partners and Men's Depressive Symptoms
Recent years have shown a marked growth in the literature examining the interpersonal context of depression. However, relatively little is known about the relational correlates of depression in men. The present study examined the relationships among men's recollections of childhood rejection by parents, their adult attachment security in current romantic relationships, and self-reported depressive symptoms. A mediational model of the associations…
Stress and Coping in Maritally Distressed and Nondistressed Couples
The present study evaluated the relationships among life stress, emotional distress, and coping in maritally distressed and nondistressed subjects. Four groups of couples were formed from a larger sample of subjects: one group of couples in which both partners' marital adjustment scores fell below the criterion for marital satisfaction (Dyadic Adjustment Scale = 100), two groups in which either the husband's or the wife's score fell below the cri…
Attachment and Perceived Social Support in Late Adolescence
Research has shown that self-perceptions are associated with perceived social support. Attachment theory suggests that perceptions of social support are afunction of two types of internal working models: model of self (beliefs about self-worth) and model of others (beliefs about the availability and responsiveness of others). This study investigated the relationship between models of self and others and perceived social support. Undergraduates (1…
Issues in personality as diathesis for depression
Issues in personality as diathesis for depression
A congruency between personality and life stress is assumed to pose a particular risk for depression. The authors review relevant research as a way of examining broader issues entailed in diathesis-stress models of depression. Topics include the identification of distinct personality modes and the differentiation of these modes from the phenomena of depression and the influence of the social context. Diathesis-stress models face formidable concep…
Depressive Symptoms, Sex and Perceptions of Intimate Relationships
Empirical evidence indicates that depression in one partner is negatively associated with marital variables, and suggests that the marital relationship may be critical to the course and outcome of the depressive episode. Two exploratory studies of intimate relationships addressed: (a) gender differences in dysphoric individuals' perceptions of themselves and their intimate partners, and (b) whether depressive symptomatology had differential effec…
Personality, Interpersonal Context and Depression in Couples
The present study had two goals: first, to determine whether neediness and self-criticism are associated with distinct marital environments and, second, to evaluate two pathways by which marital environments may be related to personality and depressive symptoms. Personality vulnerability may be more strongly associated with depressive symptoms when the spouse's behavior matches the vulnerability (i.e. a needy person's spouse is emotionally distan…
Does Self-Silencing Link Perceptions of Care from Parents and Partners with Depressive Symptoms
Silencing the self is a theory of women's depression that proposes that depression results from women being inauthentic in key relationships. In this study, we linked this theory to a substantial empirical literature indicating that adult depression is associated both with perceptions that parents were rejecting during childhood, and with perceptions that the current romantic partner is critical. We hypothesized that rejecting childhood relations…
Perceptions of Parents and Partners and Men's Depressive Symptoms
Recent years have shown a marked growth in the literature examining the interpersonal context of depression. However, relatively little is known about the relational correlates of depression in men. The present study examined the relationships among men's recollections of childhood rejection by parents, their adult attachment security in current romantic relationships, and self-reported depressive symptoms. A mediational model of the associations…
Complete Guide Lacks Substance
Myths and Mates in Childbearing Depression
Many myths exist about postpartum depression (PPD), all of which are based on the assumption that PPD differs qualitatively from depression that occurs at other times in women’s lives. These myths paint a misleading picture of how PPD arises and may prevent women from receiving treatment for their difficulties. In this article, I identify five common myths and review the research literature to demonstrate that each lacks an empirical basis. Next,…
Is the Promissory Note of Personality as Vulnerability to Depression in Default? Reply to Zuroff, Mongrain, and Santor (2004)
Mediators of the Link between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Emotional Distress
A history of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a risk factor for adult emotional distress, including symptoms of depression, anxiety, dissociation, and trauma. However, CSA is likely associated with adult distress indirectly through an impact on mediating variables. In a review of the empirical literature, the authors found support for the roles of shame or self-blame, interpersonal difficulties, and avoidant coping strategies as mediators. In addi…
The role of partner characteristics in attachment insecurity and depressive symptoms
Depression is associated with marital distress and attachment insecurity in romantic relationships. In this article, I propose an attachment-theory model of depression, which links the characteristics of romantic partners to attachment insecurity and depression. I hypothesized that individuals who are avoidant of closeness and/or who devalue their spouses will be perceived as unresponsive to their spouses’ vulnerability, which will increase the s…
Self-silencing mediates the link between marital conflict and depression
The Silencing the Self model of depression (Jack, 1991) proposes that women are at risk for depression when they suppress their true thoughts and feelings to avoid conflict. Using a community sample of 115 couples, the present study investigated whether self-silencing mediates the relationship between marital conflict and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that both men and women who perceived their marriages as conflicted tended to hide thei…
Psychology (14 obras) · Clinical Psychology (12 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (10 obras) · Developmental psychology (9 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (7 obras) · Social Psychology (7 obras) · Depression (economics (6 obras) · Psychiatry (6 obras)