Gender differences in unipolar depression: an update of epidemiological findings and possible explanations

By Christine Kuehner. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2003

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Subfields: Biological Psychiatry, Pharmacology, Social Psychology

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Mental Health Factors and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization: A Meta-Analysis (2017, background): “Sex Differences in Mental Health Disorders Previous research has found that women are more likely than men to develop depression, anxiety, PTSD, and borderline PD (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Kuehner, 2003; Mclean & Anderson, 2009; Tolin & Foa, 2006).”
Gender Differences in Depression in Representative National Samples: Meta-Analyses of Diagnoses and Symptoms (2017, neutral): “Following this landmark article, there was a proliferation of research and theories on gender differences in depression (Bebbington, 1996; Kuehner, 2003; Nolen-Hoeksema, 1987; Piccinelli & Wilkinson, 2000; Weissman & Klerman, 1977; for an overview of explanatory models, see Hammarström, Lehti,…”
Global variation in the prevalence and incidence of major depressive disorder: a systematic review of the epidemiological literature (2012, result): “Consistent with existing literature, prevalence in females was higher than in males (Culbertson, 1997 ; Angst et al. 2002 ; Kuehner, 2003) and 12-month prevalence was higher than point prevalence (Faravelli et al.”
Sex differences in adolescent depression: stress exposure and reactivity models. (2007, background): “Indeed, girls begin to exhibit more internalizing emotional problems, especially symptoms of depression, than boys starting in early adolescence and lasting throughout most of adulthood (Hankin & Abramson, 1999; Kuehner, 2003).”
Self-Objectification, Disordered Eating, and Depression (2011, background): “Similarly, sex differences in the rates of depression are well documented, with women evidencing an almost two times greater risk of depression (Kuehner, 2003; Marcus et al., 2005).”
A review of sex differences in peer relationship processes: potential trade-offs for the emotional and behavioral development of girls and boys. (2006, positive): “…low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression (for reviews, see Albano & Krain, 2005; Cyranowski, Frank, Young, & Shear, 2000; Hankin & Abramson, 2001; Kuehner, 2003; Mackinaw-Koons & Vasey, 2000; Nolen- Hoeksema & Girgus, 1994; Ruble, Greulich, Pomerantz, & Gochberg , 1993; Twenge & Nolen-Hoeksema,…”
Gender differences in depression in 23 European countries. Cross-national variation in the gender gap in depression. (2010, background): “While the average gender difference points to more universal genetic, neurohormonal, or psychobiological gender-linked antecedents of depression (Kuehner, 2003), cross-national variation in the gender ratio of depression suggests that social conditions also have a strong association with depression…”
The ABCs of depression: integrating affective, biological, and cognitive models to explain the emergence of the gender difference in depression. (2008, background): “Kuehner, C. (2003). Gender differences in unipolar depression: An update”
Alcoholism: a systems approach from molecular physiology to addictive behavior. (2009, background): “While alcoholism is more common in men, epidemiological data clearly demonstrate that unipolar depression is approximately twice as common in women as in men (256, 525) and that comorbid alcoholism and depression is also more common in women than in men (109, 118, 190).”