Emotional Cutoff in Bowen Family Systems Theory

Haefner, Judy

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_261-1

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“…As in current study emotional cutoff and I-position are creating positive variance while prior literature has indicated that emotional cutoff is a negative predictor of life satisfaction (Bell, 2000;Lampis, et al, 2019). These findings can be attributed to the change in the perception of women"s role in the family (Haefner, 2017); now women are found to be passionate for both family and careers and hence they use emotional cutoff as a coping mechanism to deal with familial pressures as still family satisfaction is the greatest predictor of life satisfaction in Pakistan (Ahmad et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 47%

“…Pakistani culture is known to place greater parental and spousal physical and psychological control over women. Hence, it can be inferred that emotional cutoff maybe used a means to cope when one is not able to self-differentiate or adjust to changing environment, this helps in reducing emotional stress during interactions with the family (Haefner, 2017). This also explains the limited role of I-position in mental wellbeing as women may find it easier to emotionally from cut someone rather than having to speak and stand up for their own needs, opinions, and rights to deal with the situation.…”

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Differentiation of Self and Life Satisfaction in Married Women: Moderating Role of Mental Wellbeing

Agha,

Shoaib,

Solangi

et al. 2023

Pak. J. Psychol. Res

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This research aimed to examine the relationship of differentiation of self and life satisfaction among married women in the presence of mental wellbeing as a moderator. The study followed a quantitative, co-relational survey research design. The participants consisted of 147 married women, aged between 20 to 50 years (M = 30.87; SD = 6.84) approached through purposive convenient sampling technique. Self-report measures such as Differentiation of Self Inventory-Revised (Skowron & Friedlander, 1988) Satisfaction with Life Scale (Diener, 1993) and Warwick Edinburg Mental Well-being Scale (Brown et al., 2007) were used to collect data. Results showed that mental wellbeing did not play a moderating role in relating differentiation of self and life satisfaction, however it was found that differentiation of self and mental wellbeing were independently significant predictors of life satisfaction among married women. Furthermore, results revealed I-position to be the strongest predictor of mental wellbeing from the subscales of differentiation of self, whereas the subscale of emotional cutoff predicted both life satisfaction and mental wellbeing, with stronger predictions for life satisfaction. The current findings have implications in individual and family therapy, self, and overall personality development of women.

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confidence: 99%