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| Social roles and gender difference in the prevalence of common mental disorders | | Author(s) | Scott Weich, Andrew Sloggett, Glyn Lewis |
| Journal title | The British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 173, December 1998 |
| Pages | pp 489-493 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Anxiety ; Depression ; Social roles ; Sexual equality ; Socio-economic groups ; Age groups [elderly] ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | It is not known why the most common mental disorders, anxiety and depression, are more prevalent among women than men. The aim of this cross-sectional survey was to test the hypothesis that this gender difference could be explained by differences between men and women in social role occupancy, after adjusting for age and socio-economic status. 8979 adults aged 16-74 from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) in 1991, were assessed for common mental disorders using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The gender difference in the prevalence of common mental disorders (unlike social role) did not vary with age to a statistically significant degree. Although those of either gender occupying the fewest, and women occupying the most social roles (after adjusting for age) had the highest prevalence of common mental disorders, neither number of social roles, occupancy of traditional `female' caring and domestic roles, nor socio-economic status explained the gender difference in these conditions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990119001 A |
| Classmark | E: ENP: ENR: TM5: TM8: T4: BB: 3F |
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