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The ABCs of depression: integrating affective, biological, and cognitive models to explain the emergence of the gender difference in depression.
Psychological review - 1 Apr 2008
Hyde Janet Shibley, Mezulis Amy H, Abramson Lyn Y
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In adulthood, twice as many women as men are depressed, a pattern that holds in most nations. In childhood, girls are no more depressed than boys, but more girls than boys are depressed by ages 13 to 15. Although many influences on this emergent gender difference in depression have been proposed, a truly integrated, developmental model is lacking. The authors propose a model that integrates affective (emotional...
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