Accepted author manuscript, 229 KB, PDF document
Available under license: Unspecified
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - A Phenomenological Account of Emotional Experiences in Depression among Iranian Patients
AU - Mirdamadi, Moujan
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Emotional experiences play a central role in relationships with others. The aimof this paper is to study the manifestation, and phenomenological significance ofemotions in depression, as they occur in the domain of interpersonal relationships, and the way they are influenced by culture. Adopting a phenomenological perspective, and using Sartre’s accounts of interpersonal relationships and the significance of emotions, I offer an account of emotional experiences in depression among Iranian patients. As compared to those in the UK, Iranians complain about a range of different emotional experiences in depression. These include the replacement of guilt with aggression, and the desire to isolate oneself from others, as opposed to feeling lonely, as is seen in the UK. These differences, as I show, can be accounted for through a) phenomenological considerations of the kind of experiences we as human beings go through, and b) cultural norms and frames of thought which playa role in the significance of such experiences and their interpretations.
AB - Emotional experiences play a central role in relationships with others. The aimof this paper is to study the manifestation, and phenomenological significance ofemotions in depression, as they occur in the domain of interpersonal relationships, and the way they are influenced by culture. Adopting a phenomenological perspective, and using Sartre’s accounts of interpersonal relationships and the significance of emotions, I offer an account of emotional experiences in depression among Iranian patients. As compared to those in the UK, Iranians complain about a range of different emotional experiences in depression. These include the replacement of guilt with aggression, and the desire to isolate oneself from others, as opposed to feeling lonely, as is seen in the UK. These differences, as I show, can be accounted for through a) phenomenological considerations of the kind of experiences we as human beings go through, and b) cultural norms and frames of thought which playa role in the significance of such experiences and their interpretations.
KW - Depression
KW - Emotions
KW - Interpersonal Conflict
KW - Iran
KW - Cross-Cultural Phenomenology
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 177
EP - 198
JO - Discipline Filosofiche
JF - Discipline Filosofiche
SN - 1591-9625
IS - 2
ER -