- Oxford Library of Psychology
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About The Editors
- Contributors
- A View Across the Life Span of Counseling Psychology
- Professional Issues
- The Counseling Relationship
- Theory and Research for Counseling Interventions
- Process and Outcomes in Counseling and Psychotherapy
- Worklife Across the Lifespan
- Training and Supervision
- Measurement and Assessment in Counseling Psychology
- Methodologies in Counseling Psychology
- Ethics in Counseling Psychology
- Ethnic and Racial Identity
- Developing a Social Class and Classism Consciousness
- The Psychology of Women
- The Psychology of Men
- Sexual Orientations and Identities
- Feminist Approaches to Counseling
- Disability: A Primer for Therapists
- Counseling Psychologists Working with Older Adults
- Individual Counseling As an Intervention
- Prevention and Psychoeducation in Counseling Psychology
- Career Counseling
- Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy
- Spirituality, Religion, and Psychological Counseling
- Group Counseling
- Couple and Family Therapy
- Rehabilitation Psychology
- School-based Prevention of Peer Relationship Problems
- Counseling Health Psychology
- Counseling Psychology and Occupational Health Psychology
- Sport Psychology
- Trauma Psychology
- Counseling Psychologists As Consultants
- Social Justice in Counseling Psychology
- Internationalization of Counseling Psychology
- Contemporary Counseling Psychology
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
In this chapter, we describe theory and research that highlights connections between the social contexts of women’s lives and women’s intrapersonal and interpersonal functioning. Specifically, in the first section of the chapter, we discuss how women’s social contexts are shaped by gender and its intersections with other social categories and by sexism expressed as prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination. Next, we discuss women’s mental health, with attention to the interplay of gender with psychological disorders and the role of sexist discrimination in women’s mental health. In the third section, we focus on women’s relationships, starting with the socializing relationships of childhood, turning to intimate relationships in adulthood, and then discussing the role of power in women’s relationships. Finally, we review research on women’s identities, focusing on feminist, lesbian, and womanist identity models. We conclude this chapter with a call to counseling psychologists to adopt the feminist understanding that women’s well-being depends on both their personal and their sociopolitical empowerment.
Keywords: women, gender, sexism, feminist psychology, psychology of women, sexist discrimination, women’s mental health, women’s identity, women’s relationships
Bonnie Moradi Department of Psychology University of Florida Gainesville, Florida
Janice D. Yoder Department of Psychology University of Akron Akron, Ohio
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- Oxford Library of Psychology
- [UNTITLED]
- Oxford Library of Psychology
- About The Editors
- Contributors
- A View Across the Life Span of Counseling Psychology
- Professional Issues
- The Counseling Relationship
- Theory and Research for Counseling Interventions
- Process and Outcomes in Counseling and Psychotherapy
- Worklife Across the Lifespan
- Training and Supervision
- Measurement and Assessment in Counseling Psychology
- Methodologies in Counseling Psychology
- Ethics in Counseling Psychology
- Ethnic and Racial Identity
- Developing a Social Class and Classism Consciousness
- The Psychology of Women
- The Psychology of Men
- Sexual Orientations and Identities
- Feminist Approaches to Counseling
- Disability: A Primer for Therapists
- Counseling Psychologists Working with Older Adults
- Individual Counseling As an Intervention
- Prevention and Psychoeducation in Counseling Psychology
- Career Counseling
- Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy
- Spirituality, Religion, and Psychological Counseling
- Group Counseling
- Couple and Family Therapy
- Rehabilitation Psychology
- School-based Prevention of Peer Relationship Problems
- Counseling Health Psychology
- Counseling Psychology and Occupational Health Psychology
- Sport Psychology
- Trauma Psychology
- Counseling Psychologists As Consultants
- Social Justice in Counseling Psychology
- Internationalization of Counseling Psychology
- Contemporary Counseling Psychology
- Index
