Gender, job authority, and depression

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 424-441

  Pudrovska, Tetyana ^a   Karraker, Amelia ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Femininity; Gender; Job authority; Masculinity; Mental health; Work

Indexed keywords

AGED; BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROPENSITY SCORE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84923120671     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146514555223     Document Type: Article

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