'Rules' for boys, 'guidelines' for girls: Gender differences in symptom reporting during childhood and adolescence

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 597-604

  MacLean, Alice ^a   Sweeting, Helen ^b   Hunt, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Boys; Expectations; Focus groups; Gender; Girls; Symptom reporting; UK

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BOY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GIRL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MALE; PEER GROUP; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXISM; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 74549126264     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.042     Document Type: Article

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