Abstract

KOSMICKI, Mia. Marianismo Identity, Self-Silencing, Depression and Anxiety in Women from Santa María de Dota, Costa Rica. Cuadernos de Investigación UNED [online]. 2017, vol.9, n.2, pp.202-208. ISSN 1659-4266.  http://dx.doi.org/10.22458/urj.v9i2.1895.

“Marianismo”, a gender role script in Latin America, is the concept that women should be the spiritual family leaders, remain abstinent until marriage, and be submissive to their husbands; it originates from the Catholic Church’s image of the Virgin Mary. I examined the link between Marianismo identity, self-silencing, depression and anxiety in a sample of 47 women from the town of Santa Maria de Dota, Costa Rica, who completed self-report scales. I found positive correlations between Marianismo identity and self-silencing, and between self-silencing and both anxiety and depression. Older women rated higher in Marianismo and self-silencing.

Keywords : marianismo; gender roles; depression; anxiety; self-silencing; submissive.

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