A Tender Revolution: An Exploration of Multiple Marginalization and Identity

Suehn, Megan R.

A Tender Revolution: An Exploration of Multiple Marginalization and Identity

dc.contributor.advisor	Kassan, Anusha
dc.contributor.author	Suehn, Megan R.
dc.contributor.committeemember	Kassan, Anusha
dc.contributor.committeemember	Russell-Mayhew, Shelly
dc.contributor.committeemember	Callaghan, Tonya
dc.date	Winter Conferral
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-11T00:31:33Z
dc.date.embargolift	2023-02-22
dc.date.issued	2021-01-14
dc.description.abstract	Feminist standpoint theory (FST) centres the object of psychological research inquiry upon the systemic power relations that enact discrimination, violence, and inequality. By continuing to enrich Canadian counselling psychologists’ understandings of these relations of sociocultural power, researchers and clinicians alike can better appreciate and respond to the ways that they produce unique experiences of stress, especially for people who hold multiple marginalized identities. In this dissertation, multiple-marginalization (MM) refers to the interlocking nature of systemic power relations that lead to structural and person-to-person behavioral manifestations of bias against a particular group; for example, oppression. Since the 1950s, identity development has been a prominent area of research in psychology, leading to the development of numerous conceptual models in response to differing perspectives and advancements in civil rights movements. Although at times an uneasy partnership, this combination of on-the-ground and academic work has served to mutually influence wider thinking about the constructs of identity and wellness. In this dissertation, I critically explore how the field of counselling psychology approaches identity development. In relation, there is a lack of counselling psychology research that investigates the experiences of identity development under the influences of MM using an intersectional and social justice perspective. As a result, my aim was to create a body of work that might invigorate counselling psychology (and allied professions) in recognizing and working in solidarity with clients/patients, research participants, and community members against the insidious forces of MM.
dc.identifier.citation	Suehn, M. R. (2021). A Tender Revolution: An Exploration of Multiple Marginalization and Identity (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/115836
dc.identifier.uri	https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40730
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.language.iso	English
dc.publisher.faculty	Graduate Studies	en
dc.publisher.faculty	Werklund School of Education
dc.publisher.institution	University of Calgary	en
dc.rights	University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.	en
dc.subject	social justice
dc.subject	intersectionality
dc.subject	multiple marginalization
dc.subject	intersectional marginalization
dc.subject	intersectional invisibility
dc.subject	feminist standpoint theory
dc.subject	interpretative phenomenological analysis
dc.subject	counselling psychology
dc.subject	Canada
dc.subject	reflexivity
dc.subject.classification	Education--Educational Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Health Sciences--Mental Health
dc.subject.classification	Psychology
dc.subject.classification	Social Sciences
dc.title	A Tender Revolution: An Exploration of Multiple Marginalization and Identity
dc.type	doctoral thesis
thesis.degree.discipline	Education Graduate Program – Educational Psychology
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary	en
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Calgary
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)