ERICA A. ANTONUCCI, MA, R-DMT
BIO
I am currently a primary therapist at Eating Recovery Center/Insight the eating disorder intensive out-patient program. I facilitate dance/movement therapy and process, ACT, DBT, and body image groups. Previously, I have worked with adolescents to support their recovery through mood, anxiety, and eating disorders as well as their personal growth. I draw on CBT, ACT, and DBT treatment approaches as well as my dance/movement therapy training to help clients increase their body/mind connection and develop positive coping strategies.
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My research interests include stigma, eating disorders, and sexual minority women. I am most interested in how intersecting stigmatized identities impact body image and disordered eating and how to translate that knowledge into ethical practice.
I enjoy collaboration so if our interests align (or even if they don't), please reach out!
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I have two cats and a wife who keep me from working too much. I tap dance down every street and occasionally still find time to take class.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Erica A. Antonucci, MA, R-DMT
Education
MA, Dance/movement Therapy
Columbia College Chicago 2019
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MA, Psychology
Long Island University Brooklyn 2012
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BS, Dance
Long Island University Brooklyn 2008
Clinical Experience
Primary Therapist
Intensive Out Patient
Eating Recovery Center, Chicago, IL
2019 - present
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Intern Dance/Movement Psychotherapist
Youth Guidance, Chicago, IL
2018 - 2019
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Intern Dance/Movement Psychotherapist
Douglas Center, Skokie, IL​
Summer 2018
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Presentations & Publications
Antonucci, E.A. (2019, November). Indirect effects of femininity and masculinity on disordered eating through invisibility for sexual minority women and queer AFAB individuals. Poster presentation at the Illinois Psychological Association Annual Conference, Lisle, IL.
Antonucci, E.A. (2019, October). Invisibility and femininity in disordered eating symptomology among sexual minority women. Poster presentation at the American Dance Therapy Association Annual Conference, Miami, FL.
McIntyre, S.L., Antonucci, E.A. & Haden, S.C. (2014). Being white helps: Intersections of self-concealment, stigmatization, identity formation and psychological distress in racial and sexual minority women. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 18(2), 158 - 173. DOI:10.1080/10894160.2014.867400
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Antonucci, E.A., McIntyre, S.L. & Haden, S.C. (2012, August). Familial support, self-concealment, and psychological distress in stigmatized women. Poster presentation at the American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
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Antonucci, E.A. (2012). Hiding in the open: Exploring identity centrality and social support in concealable and non-concealable stigmatized identities. (Unpublished master's thesis). Long Island University - Brooklyn.
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McIntyre, S.L., Antonucci, E.A. & Haden, S.C. (2011, October). Exploring the factors influencing identity formation and psychological distress in minorities with concealable and non-concealable stigmas. Paper presented at the 11th annual Diversity Challenge Conference, Boston, MA.
Research & Teaching Experience
Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Dance – Creative Arts Therapies, Columbia College Chicago
2018 - 2019
Research Assistant
Human Behavioral Pharmacology Lab, University of Chicago Medicine
2015
Adjunct Faculty, Psychology
State University of New York, Westchester Community College
Courses Taught:
Development Across the Lifespan, Spr. 2013
Introduction to Psychology, Sum. 2013
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Adjunct Faculty, Psychology
College of New Rochelle
Courses Taught:
Introduction to Psychology, Fall 2012, Spr. 2013
Seasons of Life, Spr. 2013, Sum. 2013
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Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Psychology, Long Island University - Brooklyn
2010 - 2012
Honors & Awards
Illinois Psychological Association's Sexual Orientation Issues section Student Poster Award, 2019
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Ellen Stone Belic Research Presentation Award, 2019
Lenore Hervey Research Development Award, 2019
Excellence in Psychology Award, Long Island University-Brooklyn, 2011
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Graduate Assistantship, Department of Dance, Long Island University-Brooklyn, 2010-2011
Outstanding Service to Dance Department, Long Island University-Brooklyn, 2008
Professional Service
Mentor, Chicago Scholars, 2019-Present
Campus Ambassador, American Psychological Association, 2018-2019
Peer Review, Psychological Reports, 2019
Peer Review, Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2018
Peer Review, Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2018
Peer Review, APA Annual Convention Division 44, 2015
Peer Review, APA Annual Convention Division 44, 2014
Professional Memberships
American Dance Therapy Association (2017 – Present)
American Dance Therapy Association, Illinois Chapter (2017 – Present)
Academy of Eating Disorders (2018 – Present)
AED Special Interest Group: Somatically Oriented Therapists (2018 – Present)
American Psychological Association (2010 – Present)
American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (2010 – Present)
Division 2: Teaching Psychology (2013 – 2014)
Division 5: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods (2018 – Present)
Division 8: Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2011 – Present)
Division 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (2011 – 2015)
Division 35: Psychology of Women (2010 – 2015)
Division 44: Society for the Psychological Study of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (2010 – Present)
Midwest Psychological Association (2019 – Present)
ACADEMIC POSTER PRESENTATIONS
ADTA CONFERENCE 2019
Invisibility and Femininity in Disordered Eating Symptomology Among Sexual Minority Women
Antonucci, E.A.
Abstract
Sexual minority women (SMW) are a vastly under-represented population within the dance/movement therapy (DMT) and eating disorder literature. The current study aims to increase therapist knowledge and decrease discrimination of this population by highlighting factors impacting disordered eating symptoms which may differ from their straight counterparts. Participants consisted of SMW (n = 369) and straight (n = 82) women and queer assigned female at birth (QAFAB) individuals, 18 years or older, living in the US and not currently in residential or in-patient treatment for an eating disorder. Femininity and invisibility were explored as two influences on disordered eating for both straight and sexual minority women (SMW). Femininity was not significantly related to disordered eating or invisibility for either group; however, invisibility significantly predicted disordered eating for both groups. An indirect effect of femininity on disordered eating through invisibility was found for the lesbian participants only suggesting sexual orientation label has important implications for this relationship. Masculinity had a negative indirect effect on disordered eating through invisibility for the entire SMW group signifying a greater adoption of masculine personality traits may serve as a protective factor against disordered eating for SMW. Two items asking participants about feelings of invisibility elicited a large qualitative response. The entire sample listed their top three contributors of invisibility as gender, age, and body shape/size. The SMW added sexual orientation and gender expression as their next two contributors while the straight group listed these far less frequently. These findings suggest DMT services for SMW should include attention to sexual orientation and gender presentation with a focus on invisibility. SMW experiencing high levels of invisibility could benefit from dance/movement therapist’s unique interventions to combat invisibility as well as treatment which take into account client sexual orientation and gender expression.
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References
Abramovitz, S. (1997). A discussion of lesbians and psychoanalytic culture and a response to Kassof’s treatment of a homosexual woman. In A. Goldberg (Ed.), Conversations in self psychology (pp. 231-243). Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.
Alvy, L. M. (2013). Do lesbian women have a better body image? Comparisons with heterosexual women and model of lesbian-specific factors. Body Image, 10(4), 524 – 534.
Bankoff, S. M. & Pantalone, D. W. (2014). Patterns of disordered eating behavior in women by sexual orientation: A review of the literature. Eating Disorders, 22, 261 – 274.
Bem, S. (1974). The measurement of psychological androgyny. Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, 42(2), 155 – 162.
Crocker, J. & Major, B. (1989). Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma. Psychological Review, 96, 608 – 630.
Fairburn, C. G., & Beglin, S. J. (1994). Assessment of eating disorders: Interview or self-report questionnaire? International Journal of Eating Disorders, 16, 363 – 370.
Goffman, Erving. (1986). 1963: Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Grace, J. T. (2017, June 6). Why are so many lesbians invisible within the LGBT community? The Huffington Post. Retrieved from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-are-so-many-lesbians-invisible-within-the-lgbt_us_5939ded7e4b0b65670e56914
Johnson, R. (2009). Oppression embodied: The intersecting dimensions of trauma, oppression, and somatic psychology. USA Journal of Body Psychotherapy, 8(1), 19 – 31.
Lakkis, J., Ricciardelli, L. A., & Williams, R. J. (1999). Role of sexual orientation and gender-related traits in disordered eating. Sex Roles, 41, 1 – 16.
Mason, T. B. & Lewis, R. J. (2015). Minority stress and binge eating among lesbian and bisexual women. Journal of Homosexuality, 62. 971 – 992. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684316635529.
Mattei, L. (1996). Coloring development: Race and culture in psychodynamic theories. In J. Berzoff, L. M. Flanagan, & P. Hertz (Eds.), Inside out and outside in: 76 Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave Psychodynamic clinical theory and practice in contemporary multicultural contexts (pp. 221-245). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
McCleary-Gaddy, A. T., & Miller, C. T. (2018, October 4). Negative religious coping as a mediator between perceived prejudice and psychological distress among African Americans: A structural equation modeling approach. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000228
Meneguzzo, P., Collantoni, E., Gallicchio, D., Busetto, P., Solmi, M., Santonastaso, P., & Favaro, A. (2018). Eating disorders symptoms in sexual minority women: A systemic review. European Eating Disorders Review, 26, 275 – 292.
Meyer, I. H. (2003). Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 674 – 697. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.674
Meyer, C., Blissett, J., & Oldfield, C. (2001). Sexual orientation and eating psychopathology: The role of masculinity and femininity. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 29, 314 – 318.
Morrisson, M. A., Morrisson, T. G., & Sager, C. L. (2004). Does body satisfaction differ between gay men and lesbian women and heterosexual men and women? A meta-analytic review. Body Image, 1, 127–138
O’Hara, M. E. (2015, September 11). Femme invisibility is the dirty little secret of the queer community. The Daily Dot. Retrieved from https://www.dailydot.com/irl/femme-invisibility-queer-community
Quinn, D. M. & Chaudoir, S.R. (2009). Living with a concealable stigmatized identity: The impact of anticipated stigma, centrality, salience and cultural stigma on psychological distress and health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 634 – 651.
APA Conference 2011
Familial Support, Self-Concealment, and Psychological Distress in Stigmatized Women
Antonucci, E.A., McIntyre, S.L. & Haden, S.C.
Abstract
In an attempt to lower the risk of victimization over the course of their life span, sexual minority women often conceal their sexual identity. However, self-concealment seems to estrange lesbians from their families of origin, especially in families of racial minority lesbians. Both self-concealment and lower perceived familial support have been shown to exacerbate psychological distress. The current research seeks to replicate the links found in past research, and further asserts that self-concealment will mediate the relationship between perceived familial support and psychological distress. 174 women with racial, sexual, and double minority status were selected for the current research, as well as those without stigmatized identities. Correlational analyses replicated the links found in past research; therefore, 1) higher levels of self-concealment were associated with higher levels of psychological distress; 2) higher levels of self-concealment were associated with lower levels of familial support; and 3) lower levels of familial social support were related to higher levels of psychological distress. Lastly, structural equation modeling demonstrated that self-concealment mediates the relationship between familial support and psychological distress. Subsequent analyses will test for group differences in the mediating relationship, in order to determine whether self-concealment impacts women differently depending upon the stigma they carry.
ACADEMIC POSTER PRESENTATIONS
ADTA CONFERENCE 2019
Invisibility and Femininity in Disordered Eating Symptomology Among Sexual Minority Women
Antonucci, E.A.
Abstract
Sexual minority women (SMW) are a vastly under-represented population within the dance/movement therapy (DMT) and eating disorder literature. The current study aims to increase therapist knowledge and decrease discrimination of this population by highlighting factors impacting disordered eating symptoms which may differ from their straight counterparts. Participants consisted of SMW (n = 369) and straight (n = 82) women and queer assigned female at birth (QAFAB) individuals, 18 years or older, living in the US and not currently in residential or in-patient treatment for an eating disorder. Femininity and invisibility were explored as two influences on disordered eating for both straight and sexual minority women (SMW). Femininity was not significantly related to disordered eating or invisibility for either group; however, invisibility significantly predicted disordered eating for both groups. An indirect effect of femininity on disordered eating through invisibility was found for the lesbian participants only suggesting sexual orientation label has important implications for this relationship. Masculinity had a negative indirect effect on disordered eating through invisibility for the entire SMW group signifying a greater adoption of masculine personality traits may serve as a protective factor against disordered eating for SMW. Two items asking participants about feelings of invisibility elicited a large qualitative response. The entire sample listed their top three contributors of invisibility as gender, age, and body shape/size. The SMW added sexual orientation and gender expression as their next two contributors while the straight group listed these far less frequently. These findings suggest DMT services for SMW should include attention to sexual orientation and gender presentation with a focus on invisibility. SMW experiencing high levels of invisibility could benefit from dance/movement therapist’s unique interventions to combat invisibility as well as treatment which take into account client sexual orientation and gender expression.
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References
Abramovitz, S. (1997). A discussion of lesbians and psychoanalytic culture and a response to Kassof’s treatment of a homosexual woman. In A. Goldberg (Ed.), Conversations in self psychology (pp. 231-243). Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.
Alvy, L. M. (2013). Do lesbian women have a better body image? Comparisons with heterosexual women and model of lesbian-specific factors. Body Image, 10(4), 524 – 534.
Bankoff, S. M. & Pantalone, D. W. (2014). Patterns of disordered eating behavior in women by sexual orientation: A review of the literature. Eating Disorders, 22, 261 – 274.
Bem, S. (1974). The measurement of psychological androgyny. Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, 42(2), 155 – 162.
Crocker, J. & Major, B. (1989). Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma. Psychological Review, 96, 608 – 630.
Fairburn, C. G., & Beglin, S. J. (1994). Assessment of eating disorders: Interview or self-report questionnaire? International Journal of Eating Disorders, 16, 363 – 370.
Goffman, Erving. (1986). 1963: Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Grace, J. T. (2017, June 6). Why are so many lesbians invisible within the LGBT community? The Huffington Post. Retrieved from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-are-so-many-lesbians-invisible-within-the-lgbt_us_5939ded7e4b0b65670e56914
Johnson, R. (2009). Oppression embodied: The intersecting dimensions of trauma, oppression, and somatic psychology. USA Journal of Body Psychotherapy, 8(1), 19 – 31.
Lakkis, J., Ricciardelli, L. A., & Williams, R. J. (1999). Role of sexual orientation and gender-related traits in disordered eating. Sex Roles, 41, 1 – 16.
Mason, T. B. & Lewis, R. J. (2015). Minority stress and binge eating among lesbian and bisexual women. Journal of Homosexuality, 62. 971 – 992. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684316635529.
Mattei, L. (1996). Coloring development: Race and culture in psychodynamic theories. In J. Berzoff, L. M. Flanagan, & P. Hertz (Eds.), Inside out and outside in: 76 Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave Psychodynamic clinical theory and practice in contemporary multicultural contexts (pp. 221-245). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
McCleary-Gaddy, A. T., & Miller, C. T. (2018, October 4). Negative religious coping as a mediator between perceived prejudice and psychological distress among African Americans: A structural equation modeling approach. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000228
Meneguzzo, P., Collantoni, E., Gallicchio, D., Busetto, P., Solmi, M., Santonastaso, P., & Favaro, A. (2018). Eating disorders symptoms in sexual minority women: A systemic review. European Eating Disorders Review, 26, 275 – 292.
Meyer, I. H. (2003). Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 674 – 697. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.674
Meyer, C., Blissett, J., & Oldfield, C. (2001). Sexual orientation and eating psychopathology: The role of masculinity and femininity. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 29, 314 – 318.
Morrisson, M. A., Morrisson, T. G., & Sager, C. L. (2004). Does body satisfaction differ between gay men and lesbian women and heterosexual men and women? A meta-analytic review. Body Image, 1, 127–138
O’Hara, M. E. (2015, September 11). Femme invisibility is the dirty little secret of the queer community. The Daily Dot. Retrieved from https://www.dailydot.com/irl/femme-invisibility-queer-community
Quinn, D. M. & Chaudoir, S.R. (2009). Living with a concealable stigmatized identity: The impact of anticipated stigma, centrality, salience and cultural stigma on psychological distress and health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 634 – 651.
APA Conference 2011
Familial Support, Self-Concealment, and Psychological Distress in Stigmatized Women
Antonucci, E.A., McIntyre, S.L. & Haden, S.C.
Abstract
In an attempt to lower the risk of victimization over the course of their life span, sexual minority women often conceal their sexual identity. However, self-concealment seems to estrange lesbians from their families of origin, especially in families of racial minority lesbians. Both self-concealment and lower perceived familial support have been shown to exacerbate psychological distress. The current research seeks to replicate the links found in past research, and further asserts that self-concealment will mediate the relationship between perceived familial support and psychological distress. 174 women with racial, sexual, and double minority status were selected for the current research, as well as those without stigmatized identities. Correlational analyses replicated the links found in past research; therefore, 1) higher levels of self-concealment were associated with higher levels of psychological distress; 2) higher levels of self-concealment were associated with lower levels of familial support; and 3) lower levels of familial social support were related to higher levels of psychological distress. Lastly, structural equation modeling demonstrated that self-concealment mediates the relationship between familial support and psychological distress. Subsequent analyses will test for group differences in the mediating relationship, in order to determine whether self-concealment impacts women differently depending upon the stigma they carry.
ACADEMIC POSTER PRESENTATIONS
IPA CONFERENCE 2019
Indirect Effects of Femininity and Masculinity on Disordered Eating Through Invisibility for Sexual Minority Women and Queer AFAB Individuals
Antonucci, E.A.
Abstract
Sexual minority women are an under-represented population within the eating disorder literature. The current study aimed to elucidate factors impacting disordered eating symptoms for sexual minority women which may differ from their heterosexual counterparts. Participants consisted of sexual minority (n = 369) and straight (n = 82) women and queer assigned female at birth (QAFAB) individuals, 18 years or older, living in the US and not currently in residential or in-patient treatment for an eating disorder. Femininity and invisibility were explored as two influences on disordered eating for both straight and sexual minority women (SMW). Femininity was measured through the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974) and the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q; Fairburn & Beglin, 1994) measured disordered eating. An adapted version of the Perceived Invisibility Scale (McCleary-Gaddy & Miller, 2018) was used to measure invisibility. Target variables, femininity, invisibility, and disordered eating, were hypothesized to positively relate to each other and were tested via Pearson correlation and ordinary least square regression. However, femininity was not significantly related to disordered eating or invisibility for either group. Invisibility did significantly predict disordered eating for both groups. Femininity was also hypothesized to have an indirect effect on disordered eating through invisibility which was tested using PROCESS model 4. The model was run for the SMW and straight groups first and then for the two largest subgroups of SMW, lesbian (n =96) and bisexual (n = 112). This indirect effect was found for the lesbian participants only suggesting sexual orientation label has important implications for this relationship. Masculinity was unexpectedly negatively related to invisibility and disordered eating and therefore subsequently explored in place of femininity in the model. Masculinity was shown to have a negative indirect effect on disordered eating through invisibility for the entire SMW group signifying a greater adoption of masculine personality traits may serve as a protective factor against disordered eating for SMW.
ADTA CONFERENCE 2019
Invisibility and Femininity in Disordered Eating Symptomology Among Sexual Minority Women
Antonucci, E.A.
Abstract
Sexual minority women (SMW) are a vastly under-represented population within the dance/movement therapy (DMT) and eating disorder literature. The current study aims to increase therapist knowledge and decrease discrimination of this population by highlighting factors impacting disordered eating symptoms which may differ from their straight counterparts. Participants consisted of SMW (n = 369) and straight (n = 82) women and queer assigned female at birth (QAFAB) individuals, 18 years or older, living in the US and not currently in residential or in-patient treatment for an eating disorder. Femininity and invisibility were explored as two influences on disordered eating for both straight and sexual minority women (SMW). Femininity was not significantly related to disordered eating or invisibility for either group; however, invisibility significantly predicted disordered eating for both groups. An indirect effect of femininity on disordered eating through invisibility was found for the lesbian participants only suggesting sexual orientation label has important implications for this relationship. Masculinity had a negative indirect effect on disordered eating through invisibility for the entire SMW group signifying a greater adoption of masculine personality traits may serve as a protective factor against disordered eating for SMW. Two items asking participants about feelings of invisibility elicited a large qualitative response. The entire sample listed their top three contributors of invisibility as gender, age, and body shape/size. The SMW added sexual orientation and gender expression as their next two contributors while the straight group listed these far less frequently. These findings suggest DMT services for SMW should include attention to sexual orientation and gender presentation with a focus on invisibility. SMW experiencing high levels of invisibility could benefit from dance/movement therapist’s unique interventions to combat invisibility as well as treatment which take into account client sexual orientation and gender expression.
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References
Abramovitz, S. (1997). A discussion of lesbians and psychoanalytic culture and a response to Kassof’s treatment of a homosexual woman. In A. Goldberg (Ed.), Conversations in self psychology (pp. 231-243). Hillsdale, NJ: The Analytic Press.
Alvy, L. M. (2013). Do lesbian women have a better body image? Comparisons with heterosexual women and model of lesbian-specific factors. Body Image, 10(4), 524 – 534.
Bankoff, S. M. & Pantalone, D. W. (2014). Patterns of disordered eating behavior in women by sexual orientation: A review of the literature. Eating Disorders, 22, 261 – 274.
Bem, S. (1974). The measurement of psychological androgyny. Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, 42(2), 155 – 162.
Crocker, J. & Major, B. (1989). Social stigma and self-esteem: The self-protective properties of stigma. Psychological Review, 96, 608 – 630.
Fairburn, C. G., & Beglin, S. J. (1994). Assessment of eating disorders: Interview or self-report questionnaire? International Journal of Eating Disorders, 16, 363 – 370.
Goffman, Erving. (1986). 1963: Stigma: Notes on the management of spoiled identity. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Grace, J. T. (2017, June 6). Why are so many lesbians invisible within the LGBT community? The Huffington Post. Retrieved from https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-are-so-many-lesbians-invisible-within-the-lgbt_us_5939ded7e4b0b65670e56914
Johnson, R. (2009). Oppression embodied: The intersecting dimensions of trauma, oppression, and somatic psychology. USA Journal of Body Psychotherapy, 8(1), 19 – 31.
Lakkis, J., Ricciardelli, L. A., & Williams, R. J. (1999). Role of sexual orientation and gender-related traits in disordered eating. Sex Roles, 41, 1 – 16.
Mason, T. B. & Lewis, R. J. (2015). Minority stress and binge eating among lesbian and bisexual women. Journal of Homosexuality, 62. 971 – 992. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684316635529.
Mattei, L. (1996). Coloring development: Race and culture in psychodynamic theories. In J. Berzoff, L. M. Flanagan, & P. Hertz (Eds.), Inside out and outside in: 76 Lesbians, Feminism, and Psychoanalysis: The Second Wave Psychodynamic clinical theory and practice in contemporary multicultural contexts (pp. 221-245). Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
McCleary-Gaddy, A. T., & Miller, C. T. (2018, October 4). Negative religious coping as a mediator between perceived prejudice and psychological distress among African Americans: A structural equation modeling approach. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000228
Meneguzzo, P., Collantoni, E., Gallicchio, D., Busetto, P., Solmi, M., Santonastaso, P., & Favaro, A. (2018). Eating disorders symptoms in sexual minority women: A systemic review. European Eating Disorders Review, 26, 275 – 292.
Meyer, I. H. (2003). Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 674 – 697. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.129.5.674
Meyer, C., Blissett, J., & Oldfield, C. (2001). Sexual orientation and eating psychopathology: The role of masculinity and femininity. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 29, 314 – 318.
Morrisson, M. A., Morrisson, T. G., & Sager, C. L. (2004). Does body satisfaction differ between gay men and lesbian women and heterosexual men and women? A meta-analytic review. Body Image, 1, 127–138
O’Hara, M. E. (2015, September 11). Femme invisibility is the dirty little secret of the queer community. The Daily Dot. Retrieved from https://www.dailydot.com/irl/femme-invisibility-queer-community
Quinn, D. M. & Chaudoir, S.R. (2009). Living with a concealable stigmatized identity: The impact of anticipated stigma, centrality, salience and cultural stigma on psychological distress and health. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 97, 634 – 651.
APA Conference 2012
Familial Support, Self-Concealment, and Psychological Distress in Stigmatized Women
Antonucci, E.A., McIntyre, S.L. & Haden, S.C.
Abstract
In an attempt to lower the risk of victimization over the course of their life span, sexual minority women often conceal their sexual identity. However, self-concealment seems to estrange lesbians from their families of origin, especially in families of racial minority lesbians. Both self-concealment and lower perceived familial support have been shown to exacerbate psychological distress. The current research seeks to replicate the links found in past research, and further asserts that self-concealment will mediate the relationship between perceived familial support and psychological distress. 174 women with racial, sexual, and double minority status were selected for the current research, as well as those without stigmatized identities. Correlational analyses replicated the links found in past research; therefore, 1) higher levels of self-concealment were associated with higher levels of psychological distress; 2) higher levels of self-concealment were associated with lower levels of familial support; and 3) lower levels of familial social support were related to higher levels of psychological distress. Lastly, structural equation modeling demonstrated that self-concealment mediates the relationship between familial support and psychological distress. Subsequent analyses will test for group differences in the mediating relationship, in order to determine whether self-concealment impacts women differently depending upon the stigma they carry.