학술논문
Negotiating the Interpretation of Depression Shared Among Kin.
Document Type
Journal Article
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Subject
*KINSHIP
*MENTAL depression
*PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
*POOR people
*ETHNOLOGY
*POVERTY & psychology
*FAMILIES & psychology
*ANTHROPOLOGY
*FAMILIES
*POVERTY
*RESEARCH funding
*RURAL population
*PSYCHOLOGICAL stress
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ISSN
0145-9740
Abstract
Kinship processes contribute to the experience and interpretation of depression-generating empathy as well as silencing. We explore intersubjective experiences of depression among kin with the aim of understanding how depression can reveal kinship expectations and evolving concepts of distress. In interviews with 28 low-income rural Appalachian women about their depression, participants articulated depression as a social process that neither starts nor ends in themselves. Yet kinship obligations to recognize family members' depression limited women's ability to admit distress, let alone request care. The intersubjective experience of depression among kin can challenge the individual expression of distress. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]