An Interactive Model for the Emergence of Gender Differences in Depression in Adolescence.

Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan

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ERIC Number: EJ491713

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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An Interactive Model for the Emergence of Gender Differences in Depression in Adolescence.

Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan

Journal of Research on Adolescence, v4 n4 p519-34 1994

Argues that the higher incidence of depression among adolescent females is due to the interaction of two factors: (1) girls enter early adolescence with a style of responding to frustration and distress that is less efficacious and action oriented than boys; and (2) girls begin to face certain uncontrollable stressors in early adolescence to a greater extent than boys. (MDM)

Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Development, Females, Incidence, Influences, Models, Puberty, Self Concept, Sex Bias, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sexual Abuse, Stress Management

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Affective Processes in Adolescence.