Sex Differences in Patterns of Self-Reported Psychopathology in the Married Elderly.

Hale, W. Daniel; Cochran, C. D.

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ERIC Number: EJ286328

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1983

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Sex Differences in Patterns of Self-Reported Psychopathology in the Married Elderly.

Hale, W. Daniel; Cochran, C. D.

Journal of Clinical Psychology, v39 n5 p647-50 Sep 1983

Administered the Brief Symptom Inventory to married residents (N=106) of a retirement community. Three scales (Anxiety, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Paranoid Ideation) provided maximum separation between males and females. Concludes that with marital status, education, and health controlled, male and female elderly show distinct patterns of distress. (Author/WAS)

Descriptors: Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Depression (Psychology), Marital Status, Older Adults, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Psychological Patterns, Psychopathology, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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