Power and inequality are central concepts in feminist theory and practice. Yet, with a few notable exceptions, there is relatively little empirical research on gender and power within feminist psychology. A search of PsycINFO for articles published in "Psychology of Women Quarterly" for the years 2000-2011 yielded only 14 empirical articles with…

Consistent with the dictum, "the personal is political," feminist scholars have maintained that gender equity in security, access to education, economic opportunity, and property ownership are central to women's well-being. Empirical research evaluating this thesis can include nation-level indicators of gender equity, such as the United Nation…

In a well-designed experiment, random assignment of participants to treatments makes causal inference straightforward. However, if participants are not randomized (as in observational study, quasi-experiment, or nonequivalent control-group designs), group comparisons may be biased by confounders that influence both the outcome and the alleged…

This study investigated: (1) whether men and women within the same diagnostic category are assigned different types or amounts of treatment; and (2) whether any such differences relate to actual variations in the subjectively reported symptoms, mood states, or interpersonal concerns reported by the patients. (Author)

The present study evaluates the effects of a film that portrays the problems encountered by a girl who is attempting to engage in activities that are counter to traditional sex-role expectations on self-report measures of hostility, anxiety, and depression. (Author)

Because the MMPI is used so widely in clincial practice, the present study was designed to assess a gender-based repression hypothesis as it applies to the MMPI critical items. (Author/RK)

This study compared the WAIS IQ and subtest scores of 167 male and 112 female patients of a heterogeneous psychiatric population. (Author)

This study suggests that a determinant of depression is evaluative self-statements, supports the utility of cognitive therapy for depressives, and demonstrates a potentially useful technique for inducing more appropriate self-evaluations. (Editor)

Although epidemiological data have documented sex differences in depression, the nature and origins of the differences are unclear. Depression in a large sample of young, unmarried college students was measured and described by the Beck Depression Inventory. Considers the consequences of sex differences in depressive responses, including…

Discusses the relationship between conceptual frameworks and methodology in psychology. Argues that models of reality influence research in terms of question selection, causal factors hypothesized, and interpretation of data. Considers the position and role of women as objects and agents of research using a sociology of knowledge perspective.…

This paper focuses on (1) the extent to which leader behavior as perceived by subordinates differs for female and male leaders, (2) the extent that subordinates of male versus female leaders differ in satisfaction with various aspects of their jobs, and (3) the relationship between perceptions of male versus female leader behavior and subordinate…

This study investigated the impact of a 16-hour marathon session on levels of self-actualization and attitudes toward women both 1 day and 5 weeks after the group experience. (Author)

Suggests the value of ethnographically informed methods in the psychology of women, emphasizing the role of generation in psychology. Examines evidence from an ongoing, ethnographically informed study of high school graduates in the mid-1950s and late-1960s. The two generations of graduates have distinctive accounts of their experiences, with the…

Postmodern, multicultural, and feminist critiques of psychology have changed how longitudinal researchers construct their inquiries and frame their data. Also the new scholarship brings to the longitudinal investigation perspectives from other disciplines including sociology, anthropology, and history, among others. The book used as a framework…