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Feminist Relational AdvocacyProcesses and Outcomes From the Perspective of Low-Income Women With DepressionBoston College, Lisa.goodman{at}bc.edu
Boston College
University of Wisconsin, Madison
University of New Hampshire
Boston College This article describes a qualitative study of how low-income women who are struggling with symptoms of depression experience feminist relational advocacy, a new model that is informed by feminist, multicultural, and community psychology theories. Using qualitative content analysis of participant interviews, the authors describe the processes and outcomes of feminist relational advocacy from participants' perspectives; they also consider how emergent themes fit with principles of the model, including the importance of women's narratives, the inseparability of emotional and practical support, the centrality of the advocacy relationship, and oppression as a source of emotional distress. The article concludes with a discussion of the practice and research implications of the study, highlighting the possibilities of feminist relational advocacy as a new tool for counseling psychologists and the lessons for advocacy models in general.
This version was published on August
1, 2009 The Counseling Psychologist, Vol. 37, No. 6,
848-876 (2009) |
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