490
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Research

Self-Regulation Mediates LGBTQQ Oppressive Situations and Psychological Distress: Implications for Psychotherapy

, PhD & , PhD

REFERENCES

  • Aiken, L. S. , and West, S. G. , 1991. Multiple regression: Testing and interpreting interactions . Newbury Park, CA: Sage; 1991.
  • Arden, J. B. , and Linford, L. , 2009. Brain-based therapy with adults . Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons; 2009.
  • Bagby, M. , and Taylor, G. , 1997. "Affect dysregulation and alexithymia". In: Taylor, G. J. , Bagby, M. , and Parker, J. D. , eds. Disorders of affect regulation: Alexithymia in medical and psychiatric illness . Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press; 1997. pp. 26–45.
  • Bandura, A. , 1977. Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change , Psychological Review 84 (1977), pp. 191–215.
  • Bandura, A. , 1986. Social foundations of thought and action . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall; 1986.
  • Baron, R. M. , and Kenny, D. A. , 1986. The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research: Conceptual, strategic, and statistical considerations , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 51 (6) (1986), pp. 1173–1182.
  • Bauer, L. , Lewin, A. B. , and Storch, E. A. , 2011. A review of psychotherapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder , Mind and Brain 2 (1) (2011), pp. 38–44, .
  • Baumeister, R. F. , DeWall, C. N. , Ciarocco, N. J. , and Twenge, J. M. , 2005. Social exclusion impairs self-regulation , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 88 (2005), pp. 589–604.
  • Baumeister, R. F. , and Heatherton, T. F. , 1996. Self-regulation failure: An overview , Psychological Inquiry 7 (1) (1996), pp. 1–15.
  • Baumeister, R. F. , Heatherton, T. F. , and Tice, D. M. , 1994. Losing control: How and why people fail at self-regulation . San Diego, CA: Academic Press; 1994.
  • Baumeister, R. F. , Zell, A. L. , and Tice, D. M. , 2007. "How emotions facilitate and impair self-regulation". In: Gross, J. J. , ed. Handbook of emotion regulation . New York, NY: Guilford Press; 2007. pp. 408–428.
  • Benyamini, Y. , 2009. Stress and coping with women's health issues: A review from a self-regulation perspective , European Psychologist 14 (1) (2009), pp. 63–71, doi: https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040.14.1.63.
  • Boekaerts, M. , Pintrich, P. R. , and Zeidner, M. , 2000. "Self-regulation: An introductory overview". In: Boekaerts, M. , Pintrich, P. R. , and Zeidner, M. , eds. Handbook of self-regulation . Oxford, England: Elsevier Academic Press; 2000. pp. 1–9.
  • Bolger, N. , and Zuckerman, A. , 1995. A framework for studying personality in the stress process , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 69 (5) (1995), pp. 890–902.
  • Bowen, M. , 1978. Family therapy in clinical practice . New York, NY: Aronson; 1978.
  • Buss, A. H. , 1980. Self-consciousness and social anxiety . New York, NY: W.H. Freeman; 1980.
  • Calkins, S. D. , and Hill, A. , 2007. "Caregiver influences on emerging emotion regulation: Biological and environmental transactions in early development". In: Gross, J. J. , ed. Handbook of emotion regulation . New York, NY: Guilford Press; 2007. pp. 229–248.
  • Campbell-Sills, L. , and Barlow, D. H. , 2007. "Incorporating emotion regulation into conceptualizations and treatment of anxiety disorders and mood disorders". In: Gross, J. J. , ed. Handbook of emotion regulation . New York, NY: Guilford Press; 2007. pp. 542–559.
  • Carver, C. S. , Johnson, S. L. , and Joorman, J. , 2008. Serotonergic function, two-mode models of self-regulation, and vulnerability to depression: What depression has in common with impulsive aggression , Psychological Bulletin 134 (6) (2008), pp. 912–943.
  • Carver, C. S. , and Scheier, M. F. , 2000. "On the structure of behavioral self-regulation". In: Boekaerts, M. , Pintrich, P. R. , and Zeidner, M. , eds. Handbook of self-regulation . Oxford, England: Elsevier Academic Press; 2000. pp. 41–84.
  • Cohen, C. J. , and Cohen, P. , 1983. Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.) . Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum; 1983.
  • Compas, B. E. , Connor-Smith, J. K. , Saltzman, H. , Thomsen, A. H. , and Wadsworth, M. E. , 2001. Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence , Psychological Bulletin 127 (2001), pp. 87–127.
  • Constantine, M. G. , Hage, S. M. , Kindaichi, M. M. , and Bryant, R. M. , 2007. Social justice and multicultural issues: Implications for the practice and training of counselors and counseling psychologists , Journal of Counseling and Development 85 (1) (2007), pp. 24–29, .
  • Côté, S. , Gyurak, A. , and Levenson, R. W. , 2010. The ability to regulate emotion is associated with greater well-being, income, and socioeconomic status , Emotion 10 (6) (2010), pp. 923–933.
  • Crethar, H. C. , Rivera, E. T. , and Nash, S. , 2008. Linking multicultural, feminist, and social justice counseling paradigms , Journal of Counseling and Development 86 (3) (2008), pp. 269–278.
  • Duran, E. , Firehammer, J. , and Gonzalez, J. , 2008. Liberation psychology as the path toward healing cultural soul wounds , Journal of Counseling and Development 86 (2008), pp. 288–295.
  • Endler, N. S. , and Kocovski, N. L. , 2005. "Self-regulation and distress in clinical psychology". In: Boekaerts, M. , Pintrich, P. R. , and Zeidner, M. , eds. Handbook of self-regulation . Oxford, England: Elsevier Academic Press; 2005. pp. 569–600.
  • Fonagy, P. , and Target, M. , 1997. Attachment and reflective function: Their role in self-organization , Developmental and Psychopathology 9 (1997), pp. 679–700.
  • Febbraro, G. A. R. , and Clum, G. A. , 1998. Meta-analytic investigation of the effectiveness of self-regulatory components in the treatment of adult problem behaviors , Clinical Psychology Review 18 (2) (1998), pp. 143–161.
  • Gilbert, P. , 1998. "What is shame?". In: Gilbert, P. , and Andrews, B. , eds. Shame: Interpersonal behavior, psychopathology, and culture . New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 3–38.
  • Gunstad, J. , Paul, R. H. , Cohen, R. A. , Tate, D. F. , Spitznagel, M. B. , and Gordon, E. , 2007. Elevated body mass index is associated with executive dysfunction in otherwise healthy adults , Comprehensive Psychiatry 48 (1) (2007), pp. 57–61.
  • Gross, J. J. , and Muñoz, R. F. , 1993. Emotion regulation and mental health , Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 2 (1993), pp. 151–164.
  • Hatzenbuehler, M. L. , McLaughlin, K. A. , and Nolen-Hoeksema, S. , 2008. Emotion regulation and internalizing symptoms in a longitudinal study of sexual minority and heterosexual adolescents , Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 49 (12) (2008), pp. 1270–1278.
  • Heffernan, K. , 1996. Eating disorders and weight concern among lesbians , International Journal of Eating Disorders 19 (2) (1996), pp. 127–138.
  • Herek, G. M. , 1993. Documenting prejudice against lesbians and gay men on campus: The Yale Sexual Orientation Survey , Journal of Homosexuality 25 (1993), pp. 15–30.
  • Higgins, E. T. , 1987. Self-discrepancy theory: A theory relating self and affect , Psychological Review 94 (3) (1987), pp. 319–340.
  • Higgins, E. T. , Klein, R. , and Strauman, T. , 1985. Self-concept discrepancy theory: A psychological model for distinguishing among different aspects of depression and anxiety , Social Cognition 3 (1985), pp. 51–76.
  • Highlen, P. S. , Bean, M. C. , and Sampson, M. G. , 2000. "Preliminary development of the Gay and Lesbian Oppressive Situations Inventory – Frequency and Effect (GALOSI-F & E). Unpublished manuscript". 2000, Retrieved from Education Information Resource Center ED 449229.
  • Kaiser Family Foundation, 2001. Inside-OUT: A report on the experience of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals in America and the public's views on issues and policies related to sexual orientation . Menlo Park, CA: Kaiser Family Foundation; 2001.
  • Karoly, P. , 1993. Mechanisms in self-regulation: A systems view , Annual Review of Psychology 44 (1993), pp. 23–51, .
  • Kessler, R. C. , Berglund, P. , Demler, O. , Jin, R. , Koretz, D. , Merikangas, K. R. , and … Wang, P. S. , 2003. The epidemiology of major depression disorder: Results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) , JAMA 289 (2003), pp. 3095–3105.
  • King, L. A. , and Emmons, R. A. , 1990. Conflict over emotional expression: Psychological and physical correlates , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 58 (5) (1990), pp. 864–877.
  • King, L. A. , and Emmons, R. A. , 1991. Psychological, physical, and interpersonal correlates of emotional expressiveness, conflict, and control , European Journal of Personality 5 (1991), pp. 131–150.
  • Koole, S. L. , and Jostmann, N. S. , 2004. Getting a grip on your feelings: Effects of action orientation and external demands on intuitive affect regulation , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 87 (2004), pp. 974–990.
  • Kuhl, J. , 2000. "A functional-design approach to motivation and self-regulation: The dynamics of personality systems and interactions". In: Boekaerts, M. , Pintrich, P. R. , and Zeidner, M. , eds. Handbook of self-regulation . Oxford, England: Elsevier Academic Press; 2000. pp. 111–169.
  • Kuhl, J. , and Beckmann, J. , 1994. Volition and personality: Action versus state orientation . Göttingen, Germany: Hogrefe; 1994.
  • Lating, J. M. , Barnett, J. E. , and Horowitz, M. , 2009. Increasing advocacy awareness with professional psychology training programs: The 2005 National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology survey , Training and Education in Professional Psychology 3 (2009), pp. 106–110, doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0013662.
  • Lazarus, R. , and Folkman, S. , 1984. Stress, appraisal, and coping . New York, NY: Springer-Verlag; 1984.
  • Levine, P. , 1997. Walking the tiger: Healing trauma . Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books; 1997.
  • Lewis, H. B. , 1971. Shame and guilt in neurosis . New York, NY: International Universities Press; 1971.
  • Lewis, M. , 1998. "Shame and stigma". In: Gilbert, P. , and Andrews, B. , eds. Shame: Interpersonal behavior, psychopathology, and culture . New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 1998. pp. 126–140.
  • Lichtenberg, J. D. , 2008. Sensuality and sexuality across the divide of shame . New York, NY: Analytic Press; 2008.
  • Linehan, M. M. , 1993a. Cognitive-behavior treatment of borderline personality disorder . New York, NY: Guilford Press; 1993a.
  • Linehan, M. M. , 1993b. Skills training manual for treating borderline personality disorder . New York, NY: Guilford Press; 1993b.
  • Lischetzke, T. , and Eid, M. , 2003. Is attention to feeling beneficial or detrimental to affective well-being? Mood regulation as a moderator variable , Emotion 3 (2003), pp. 361–377.
  • Marx, B. P. , Heidt, J. M. , and Gold, S. D. , 2005. Perceived uncontrollability and unpredictability, self-regulation, and sexual revictimization , Review of General Psychology 9 (1) (2005), pp. 67–90.
  • Mathews, C. O. , 1977. A review of behavioral theories of depression and a self-regulation model for depression , Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice 14 (1) (1977), pp. 79–86, .
  • Mays, V. M. , and Cochran, S. D. , 2001. Mental health correlates of perceived discrimination among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States , American Journal of Public Health 91 (2001), pp. 1869–1876.
  • McLaughlin, K. A. , Hatzenbuehler, M. L. , and Hilt, L. M. , 2009. Emotion dysregulation as a mechanism linking peer victimization to internalizing symptoms in adolescents , Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 77 (5) (2009), pp. 894–904, doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015760.
  • Meyer, I. H. , 1995. Minority stress and mental health in gay men , Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36 (1995), pp. 38–56.
  • Meyer, I. H. , 2003. Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence , Psychological Bulletin 129 (5) (2003), pp. 674–697, doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/033-2909.
  • Meyer, I. H. , 2007. "Prejudice and discrimination as social stressors". In: Meyer, I. H. , and Northridge, M. E. , eds. The health of sexual minorities . New York, NY: Springer; 2007. pp. 242–267.
  • Mikulincer, M. , Shaver, P. R. , and Pereg, D. , 2003. Attachment theory and affect regulation: The dynamics, development, and cognitive consequences of attachment-related strategies , Motivation and Emotion 27 (2003), pp. 77–102.
  • Miller, M. J. , and Sendrowitz, K. , 2011. Counseling psychology trainees’ social justice interest and commitment , Journal of Counseling Psychology 58 (2) (2011), pp. 159–169.
  • Mischel, W. , 1974. "Process in delay of gratification". In: Berkowitz, L. , ed. Advances in experimental social psychology . Vol. 7. San Diego, CA: Academic Press; 1974. pp. 247–292.
  • Mischel, W. , 1996. "From good intentions to willpower". In: Gollwitzer, P. , and Bargh, J. , eds. The psychology of action . New York, NY: Guilford Press; 1996. pp. 197–218.
  • Moretti, M. M. , and Higgins, E. T. , 1999. Own versus other standpoints in self-regulation: Developmental antecedents and functional consequences , Review of General Psychology 3 (3) (1999), pp. 188–223.
  • Morf, C. C. , and Rhodewalt, F. , 2001. Unraveling the paradoxes of narcissism: A dynamic self-regulatory processing model , Psychological Inquiry 12 (4) (2001), pp. 177–196, doi: https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327965pli1204_1.
  • Muraven, M. , and Baumeister, R. F. , 2000. Self-regulation and depletion of limited resources: Does self-control resemble a muscle? , Psychological Bulletin 126 (2000), pp. 247–259, doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.
  • Murdock, N. , Gore, P. , and Horosz, C. M. , 1998. Stress, coping and differentiation of self: A test of Bowen's theory . Presented at Poster session presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
  • Musser, E. D. , Backs, R. W. , Schmitt, C. F. , Ablow, J. C. , Measelle, J. R. , and Nigg, J. T. , 2011. Emotional regulation via the autonomic nervous system in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) , Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 39 (2011), pp. 841–852, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9499-1.
  • National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 2009. National Transgender Discrimination Survey . Washington, DC: National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; 2009, .
  • Nes, L. S. , Roach, A. R. , and Segerstrom, S. C. , 2009. Executive function, self-regulation, and chronic pain: A review , Annals of Behavioral Medicine 37 (2009), pp. 173–183, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-009-9096-8.
  • Ogden, P. , 2006. Trauma and the body: A sensori-motor approach to psychotherapy . New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co; 2006.
  • Ogden, P. , and Minton, K. , 2000. Sensori-motor psychotherapy: One method for processing traumatic memory , Traumatology 6 (3) (2000), pp. 1–20.
  • Pachankis, J. E. , and Berstein, L. B. , 2012. An etiological model of anxiety in young gay men: From early stress to public self-consciousness , Psychology of Men and Masculinity 13 (2) (2012), pp. 107–122.
  • Parnell, L. , 1999. EMDR in the treatment of adults abused as children . New York, NY: W.W. Norton; 1999.
  • Paulhus, D. L. , 1991. Manual for balanced inventory of desirable responding (BID-6) . Toronto, Canada: Multi-Health Systems; 1991.
  • Petrocelli, J. V. , 2003. Factor validation for the consideration of future consequences scale: Evidence of a short version , Journal of Social Psychology 143 (4) (2003), pp. 405–413.
  • Quinn, P. D. , and Fromme, K. , 2010. Self-regulation as a protective factor against risky drinking and sexual behavior , Psychology of Addictive Behavior 24 (3) (2010), pp. 376–385, doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018547.
  • Radhakrishna, R. , and Doamekpor, P. , 2008. Strategies for generalizing findings in survey research , Journal of Extension 46 (2) (2008), Retrieved from http://www.joe.org/joe2008april/tt.1php.
  • Ratts, M. J. , 2011. Multiculturalism and social justice: Two sides of the same coin , Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development 39 (2011), pp. 24–37.
  • Sapolsky, R. M. , 2007. "Stress, stress-related disease, and emotional regulation". In: Gross, J. J. , ed. Handbook of emotion regulation . New York, NY: Guilford Press; 2007. pp. 606–615.
  • Sbarra, D. A. , and Hazan, C. , 2008. Coregulation, dysregulation, and self-regulation: An integrative analysis and empirical agenda for understanding attachment, separation, loss, and recovery , Personality and Social Psychology Review 12 (2008), pp. 141–167.
  • Schlomer, G. L. , Bauman, S. , and Card, N. A. , 2010. Best practices for missing data management in counseling psychology , Journal of Counseling Psychology 57 (1) (2010), pp. 1–10.
  • Schore, A. N. , 2003. Affect regulation and the repair of the self . New York, NY: Guilford Press; 2003.
  • Schore, A. N. , 2009. Relational trauma and the developing right brain: An interface of psychoanalytic self psychology and neuroscience , Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1159 (2009), pp. 189–203.
  • Shapiro, F. , 2001. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing: Basic principles, protocols and procedures (2nd ed.) . New York, NY: Guilford; 2001.
  • Showers, C. J. , and Kling, K. C , 1996. "The organization of self-knowledge: Implications for mood regulation. In L. L". In: Tesser, A. , ed. Striving and feeling: Interactions among goals, affect, and self-regulation . Mahwah, NJ: Martin & Erlbaum; 1996. pp. 151–174.
  • Siegel, D. J. , 2003. "An interpersonal neurobiology of psychotherapy: The developing mind and the resolution of trauma". In: Solomon, M. F. , and Siegel, D. J. , eds. Healing trauma: Attachment, mind, body, and brain . New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Co.; 2003. pp. 1–56, .
  • Silk, J. S. , Steinberg, L. , and Morris, A. , 2003. Adolescents’ emotion regulation in daily life: Links to depression symptoms and problem behavior , Child Development 74 (2003), pp. 1869–1880.
  • Sinoff, J. B. , 1990. The psychological characteristics of ambivalent people , Clinical Psychology Review 10 (1990), pp. 43–68.
  • Skowron, E. A. , and Friedlander, M. C. , 1998. The differentiation of self inventory: Development and initial validation , Journal of Counseling Psychology 45 (3) (1998), pp. 235–240.
  • Skowron, E. A. , Holmes, S. E. , and Sabatelli, R. M. , 2003. Deconstructing differentiation: Self regulation, interdependent relating, and well-being , Contemporary Family Therapy 25 (1) (2003), pp. 91–102, doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022514306491.
  • Skowron, E. A. , Wester, S. , and Azen, R. , 2004. Differentiation of self mediates college stress and adjustment , Journal of Counseling and Development 82 (2004), pp. 69–78.
  • Tice, D. M. , Bratslavsky, E. , and Baumeister, R. F. , 2001. Emotional distress regulation takes precedence over impulse control: If you feel bad, do it! , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 80 (1) (2001), pp. 53–67.
  • Tomkins, S. S. , 2008. Affect/imagery/consciousness . New York, NY: Springer; 2008.
  • Van der Hart, O. , Nijenuis, E. , and Steele, K. , 2006. The haunted self: Structural dissociation and the treatment of chronic traumatization . New York, NY: Norton; 2006.
  • Vieth, A. , Strauman, T. J. , Kolden, G. , Woods, T. , Michels, J. , and Klein, M. H. , 2003. Self-systems therapy: A theory-based psychotherapy for depression , Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice 10 (2003), pp. 245–268.
  • Vohs, K. D. , Baumeister, R. F. , and Ciarocco, N. J. , 2005. Self-regulation and self-presentation: Regulatory resource depletion impairs impression management and effortful self-presentation depletes regulatory resources , Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 88 (2005), pp. 632–657.
  • Werner, F. H. , Goldin, P. R. , Ball, T. M. , Heimberg, R. G. , and Gross, J. J. , 2011. Assessing emotion regulation in social anxiety disorder: The emotion regulation interview , Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 33 (2011), pp. 346–354, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-011-9225-x.
  • Wilson, P. A. , and Yoshikawa, H. , 2007. "Improving access to health care among African-American, Asian and Pacific Islander, and Latino lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations". In: Meyer, I. H. , and Northridge, M. E. , eds. The health of sexual minorities . New York, NY: Springer; 2007. pp. 607–637.
  • Yost, M. R. , and Gimore, S. , 2011. Assessing LGBTQ campus climate and creating change , Journal of Homosexuality 58 (2011), pp. 1330–1354, doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2011.605744.
  • Zimmerman, B. J. , 2005. "Attaining self-regulation: A social cognitive perspective". In: Boekaerts, M. , Pintrich, P. R. , and Zeidner, M. , eds. Handbook of self-regulation . Oxford, England: Elsevier Academic Press; 2005. pp. 13–39.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.