Gaslighting is becoming a really popular term in Media nowadays. This blog post explores 7 Research studies about Gaslighting in less than 7 minutes. Buckle up! Here we go?

What Exactly is Gaslighting?

"Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, making them question their own memory, perception and sanity. Using persistent denial, misdirection, contradiction and lying, it attempts to destabilize the victim and de-legitimize the victim´s belief" (Oxford Dictionary)

 

What is Gaslighting? and Why everyone is talking about it?

Nowadays, Gaslighting is being used a lot on TV, Youtube,Netflix and so much more. It is used in political, racial, workplace as well as gender context. You know why? Because many people gaslight  each other and the victim suffers a lot. Sometimes the abuser is conscious and sometimes he/she unconsciously gaslights the victim.

If you continue reading this blog post, you will realize that you might be facing the same scenario. Unfortunately, you might be in a relationship or situation that you are a victim of Gaslighting.

Or even worse,

you might be an abuser gaslighting someone else.

Gaslighting Research Study #1: Medical Gaslighting

Medical gaslighting is term used to describe doctors or medical practitioners who blame a patient's illness or symptoms on psychological factors, or deny a patient's illness entirely, for example wrongly telling patients that they are not sick. Read more here.

2. Gaslighting Research Study #2: The Sociology of Gaslighting

This Gaslighting Research study discusses Gaslighting as more of a sociological phenomenon. Paige L. Sweet takes Gaslighting to a broader context. Read more about her Research here

The Sociology of Gaslighting

This Gaslighting Research Study argues that gaslighting is primarily a sociological rather than a psychological phenomenon. Gaslighting should be understood as rooted in social

inequalities, including gender, and executed in power-laden intimate relationships. 

 

3. Gaslighting Research Study #3: Gaslighting and Misogyny

This is a landmark Research study in the Era of Gaslighting. Cynthia A Stark

Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Psychological
Oppression
Cynthia A. Stark*

 

There are other types of Gaslighting too. Gaslighting in Relationships and Cultural Gaslighting. We will explore other types of Gaslighting soon.