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Repression, suppression, and oppression (in depression)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

Golan Shahar
Golan Shahar*
Affiliation:
Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
*
shaharg@bgu.ac.il
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Abstract:

Erdelyi's two key tenets – that repression may be conscious (“suppression”) and that it is context-sensitive – resonate well with findings on unipolar depression. Drawing from this field, I argue that (1) “oppression,” namely, pressure from significant others to refrain from attending to certain mental contents, influences individuals' repression/suppression; and that, (2) individuals actively create the very contexts that facilitate their repression/suppression.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 533 - 534
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006

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