Self-Concept Among Formerly Incarcerated Sexual Minority Women
Sexual minority women (SMW) are a resilient yet vulnerable population who may experience poor psychosocial outcomes due to minority stress associated with their marginalized status and traumatic experiences resulting from interpersonal and structural violence. When SMW are incarcerated, the trauma o...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2025-06-01
|
| Series: | Social Sciences |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14/7/397 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1849251861381513216 |
|---|---|
| author | Adinah Stone Amy B. Smoyer Karen D’Angelo |
| author_facet | Adinah Stone Amy B. Smoyer Karen D’Angelo |
| author_sort | Adinah Stone |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Sexual minority women (SMW) are a resilient yet vulnerable population who may experience poor psychosocial outcomes due to minority stress associated with their marginalized status and traumatic experiences resulting from interpersonal and structural violence. When SMW are incarcerated, the trauma of this experience can exacerbate existing mental health challenges. Self-concept is a key measure of mental health that is associated with increased self-efficacy and positive psychosocial outcomes. This analysis explores the ways in which incarceration impacts the self-concept of SMW. Secondary data analysis of three qualitative interviews with formerly incarcerated SMW was conducted. Specifically, Gilligan’s Listening Guide was used to create “I poems” that articulate the participants’ narratives and contrapuntal voices. These poems were then analyzed to build knowledge about participants’ self-concept. This analysis informs our understandings of self-concept among SMW, violence against women, the vulnerability of binary constructs, and the ways in which people negotiate past, present and future selves. The findings can inform interventions that seek to mitigate the psychosocial risks faced by SMW and formerly incarcerated people and improve outcomes for these populations. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-4dbb15fcc46f47c1bcd5568e6d7d9c04 |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2076-0760 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-06-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Social Sciences |
| spelling | doaj-art-4dbb15fcc46f47c1bcd5568e6d7d9c042025-08-20T03:56:47ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602025-06-0114739710.3390/socsci14070397Self-Concept Among Formerly Incarcerated Sexual Minority WomenAdinah Stone0Amy B. Smoyer1Karen D’Angelo2School of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515, USASchool of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515, USASchool of Social Work, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515, USASexual minority women (SMW) are a resilient yet vulnerable population who may experience poor psychosocial outcomes due to minority stress associated with their marginalized status and traumatic experiences resulting from interpersonal and structural violence. When SMW are incarcerated, the trauma of this experience can exacerbate existing mental health challenges. Self-concept is a key measure of mental health that is associated with increased self-efficacy and positive psychosocial outcomes. This analysis explores the ways in which incarceration impacts the self-concept of SMW. Secondary data analysis of three qualitative interviews with formerly incarcerated SMW was conducted. Specifically, Gilligan’s Listening Guide was used to create “I poems” that articulate the participants’ narratives and contrapuntal voices. These poems were then analyzed to build knowledge about participants’ self-concept. This analysis informs our understandings of self-concept among SMW, violence against women, the vulnerability of binary constructs, and the ways in which people negotiate past, present and future selves. The findings can inform interventions that seek to mitigate the psychosocial risks faced by SMW and formerly incarcerated people and improve outcomes for these populations.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14/7/397sexual minority womenLGBTincarcerationself-conceptListening Guidequalitative |
| spellingShingle | Adinah Stone Amy B. Smoyer Karen D’Angelo Self-Concept Among Formerly Incarcerated Sexual Minority Women Social Sciences sexual minority women LGBT incarceration self-concept Listening Guide qualitative |
| title | Self-Concept Among Formerly Incarcerated Sexual Minority Women |
| title_full | Self-Concept Among Formerly Incarcerated Sexual Minority Women |
| title_fullStr | Self-Concept Among Formerly Incarcerated Sexual Minority Women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Self-Concept Among Formerly Incarcerated Sexual Minority Women |
| title_short | Self-Concept Among Formerly Incarcerated Sexual Minority Women |
| title_sort | self concept among formerly incarcerated sexual minority women |
| topic | sexual minority women LGBT incarceration self-concept Listening Guide qualitative |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/14/7/397 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT adinahstone selfconceptamongformerlyincarceratedsexualminoritywomen AT amybsmoyer selfconceptamongformerlyincarceratedsexualminoritywomen AT karendangelo selfconceptamongformerlyincarceratedsexualminoritywomen |