Racial & Gender Considerations Flashcards
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Which therapeutic approach is MOST aligned with addressing racially-based anger by focusing on collective identity and community healing rather than individual pathology?
Answer: Liberation psychology
Liberation psychology explicitly addresses social oppression as a source of psychological distress and centers community and cultural identity in healing.
When a male client in anger therapy says 'real men don't let things slide,' the therapist recognizes this as an expression of:
Answer: Hypermasculine anger script that may escalate conflict
Hypermasculine scripts equate anger and dominance with male identity, increasing risk of conflict escalation and resistance to de-escalation strategies.
A Native American client refuses to discuss childhood anger during intake, citing tribal privacy norms. The therapist should FIRST:
Answer: Assess what cultural protocols around personal disclosure are appropriate to respect
Understanding the client's cultural norms around personal disclosure is essential before assuming Western therapeutic conventions apply.
Gender-role conflict theory (O'Neil) suggests that men most prone to anger issues often score highest on which factor?
Answer: Restrictive emotionality and success/power/competition
High restrictive emotionality combined with rigid success/power/competition norms is associated with anger dysregulation and violence risk in men.
The CART therapist notices a pattern where Middle Eastern male clients respond more openly to anger interventions framed around family honor than individual wellness. This BEST illustrates:
Answer: The value of adapting therapeutic framing to collectivist cultural values
Adapting anger intervention framing to collectivist values (such as family honor) improves engagement and outcomes in clients from non-individualistic cultures.
Internalized racism as it relates to anger expression can manifest as:
Answer: Self-directed anger and shame about one's racial identity or group membership
Internalized racism often produces self-directed anger and shame as individuals absorb negative societal messages about their racial group.
Which scenario BEST illustrates how intersectionality shapes anger presentation in therapy?
Answer: A Black lesbian client whose anger is shaped simultaneously by racism, homophobia, and sexism
Intersectionality recognizes that overlapping systems of oppression (race, gender, sexual orientation) create unique and compounded sources of anger that cannot be reduced to a single identity.