Article
The role of internalizing and externalizing liability factors in accounting for gender differences in the prevalence of common psychopathological syndromes.
Psychological medicine - 1 Jan 2008
Kramer Mark D, Krueger Robert F, Hicks Brian M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that gender differences in average levels on the internalizing and externalizing factors that account for co-morbidity among common psychopathological syndromes in both men and women account for gender differences in the prevalence of specific syndromes. METHOD: The latent structure of 11 syndromes was examined in a middle-aged (mean age=52.66 years, s.d.=5.82) sample of 2992 (37% men)...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Anxiety Disorders
- Comorbidity
- Depressive Disorder, Major
- Diseases in Twins
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Mental Disorders
- Middle Aged
- Minnesota