Sister Circles as a Culturally Relevant Intervention for Anxious Black Women

Research on anxiety treatment with Black women reveals a need to develop interventions that address factors relevant to their lives. Such factors include feelings of isolation, multiple roles undertaken by Black women, and faith. A recurrent theme across treatment studies is the importance of having...

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Published in:Clinical psychology (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2011-09, Vol.18 (3), p.266-273
Main Authors: Neal-Barnett, Angela, Stadulis, Robert, Murray, Marsheena, Payne, Margaret R., Thomas, Anisha, Salley, Bernadette B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anxiety
anxiety intervention
Black People
Blacks
Female
Human
Human Females
Intervention
Sensory systems
sister circles
Treatment
Women
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Summary:Research on anxiety treatment with Black women reveals a need to develop interventions that address factors relevant to their lives. Such factors include feelings of isolation, multiple roles undertaken by Black women, and faith. A recurrent theme across treatment studies is the importance of having support from other Black women. Sister circles are support groups that build upon existing friendships, fictive kin networks, and the sense of community found among Black women. Sister circles appear to offer many of the components Black women desire in an anxiety intervention. In this article, we explore sister circles as an intervention for anxious Black women. Culturally infused aspects from our sister circle work with middle-class Black women are presented. Further research is needed.
ISSN:0969-5893
1468-2850
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-2850.2011.01258.x