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Suggests that although epidemiological data have documented sex differences in depression, the nature and origins of the differences are unclear. Depression in 972 male and 1,300 female unmarried college students was measured by the Beck Depression Inventory. No sex differences were found in the degree of depression, and yet, discriminant function analysis of the responses of the most depressed scorers yielded a significant and interpretable sex difference in the patterns of symptom expression. Depressed males were more likely to report an inability to cry, loss of social interest, a sense of failure, and somatic complaints. Females were characterized by indecisiveness and self-dislike. These patterns were not the same as sex-role-stereotyped responding in the total, predominantly nondepressed, sample. Speculations are made about the consequences of sex differences in depressive responses, including hypotheses about sex differences in experience with help-seeking and labeling. (25 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
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Bancroft Croose
59, West 44th Sreet,
New York. 10099