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Keywords

Anxiety--Sex factors.; Depression, Mental--Sex factors.; Sex differences (Psychology); Sex role--Psychological aspects.

Abstract

This study, including 141 female and 71 male college students, investigated the relationship of gender and gender role socialization within the context of the tripartite model of anxiety and depression. Hierarchical regression analyses indicated that gender contributed significantly to the prediction of specific depression and mixed anxiety-depression, but not to the prediction of specific anxiety. Gender role contributed to the prediction of specific depression, but did not uniquely contribute to the prediction of specific anxiety or mixed anxiety-depression. Significant multivariate effects were found for gender role and for the interaction of gender and gender role, but not for gender. Univariate analyses indicated that individuals with masculine and androgynous gender roles report less anxiety and depression than individuals with feminine or undifferentiated gender roles. The implications and limitations of the study are also addressed.

Year of Submission

1998

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Psychology

First Advisor

Beverly A. Kopper

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Date Original

1998

Object Description

1 PDF file (63 pages)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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