Explaining the gender difference in depressive symptoms

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1061-1072

  Nolen Hoeksema, Susan ^a   Larson, Judith ^b   Grayson, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEGATIVISM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THINKING;

EID: 0033228654     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-3514.77.5.1061     Document Type: Article

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