Unpacking the Gender Differences on Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitude
| Autor: | Zhenhu Hou, Xiaohua Chen, Xiaodong Yue, Feng Jiang, Neelam Arjan Hiranandani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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050103 clinical psychology
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Socialization 050109 social psychology Mental health Optimism Gratitude 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Subjective well-being Psychology General Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological reports. 120(4) |
| ISSN: | 1558-691X |
| Popis: | Mental health studies show that women are likely to score higher on subjective well-being and higher on depression than men. To verify this, the present study collected a sample of 5648 undergraduates in 55 universities in China. Results showed that women reported higher optimism, gratitude, subjective well-being, and depression than men, and that optimism and gratitude mediated the relationship between gender and mental health (subjective well-being and depression). By its implication, women were more likely to be optimistic and grateful, and as such they tended to experience higher subjective well-being and depression simultaneously. This also implies that gender differences on mental health could also be a dispositional issue as well as a socialization one. |
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