Brave men and timid women? A review of the gender differences in fear and anxiety.
By C. McLean. Clinical Psychology Review, 2009
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Subfields: Behavioral Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
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- Revisiting gender differences: What we know and what lies ahead☆ (2015, background): “They report greater chronic stress and minor daily stressors, rate their life events as more negative and less controllable (Matud, 2004), and report more somatic symptoms and psychological distress (McLean & Anderson, 2009; Toufexis, Myers, & Davis, 2006).”
- Prevalence and predictors of PTSS during COVID-19 outbreak in China hardest-hit areas: Gender differences matter (2020, result): “This result is consistent with previous studies, among which showed that after traumatic events, acute psychological disorders characterized by intrusive memories are more prevalent in women than men (Kendler et al., 2001; McLean and Anderson, 2009) .”
- Test anxiety prevalence and gender differences in a sample of English secondary school students (2014, background): “(e.g. Costa, Terracciano, and McCrae 2001; McLean and Anderson 2009).”
- Policy measures to promote electric mobility – A global perspective (2015, background): “This range anxiety appears to be higher for women, as can be concluded from the 11% higher proportion of females in cluster 3 vs. cluster 1 (McLean and Anderson, 2009).”
- Mental Health Factors and Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization: A Meta-Analysis (2017, background): “…trauma, gender role socialization, and difficulty in self-regulation associated with experiencing childhood trauma), which may explain women’s higher likelihood of experiencing these mental health symptoms and disorders (Hyde et al., 2008; Koenen, 2006; Linehan, 1993; McLean & Anderson, 2009).”
- Gender Differences in Anxiety Disorders: Prevalence, Course of Illness, Comorbidity and Burden of Illness (2011, background): “This has been a relatively neglected question in the epidemiologic literature on gender and anxiety even though gender role theories strongly imply that the maintenance of anxiety disorders should be greater for women than men (see Craske, 1999; McLean and Anderson, 2009).”
- Parental Anxiety, Parenting Behavior, and Infant Anxiety: Differential Associations for Fathers and Mothers (2015, result): “In general, mothers reported more anxiety symptoms than fathers, which is in line with previous studies showing that anxiety is more prevalent in women than men (e.g., Craske 2003; McLean and Anderson 2009).”
- Dietary Choices and Habits during COVID-19 Lockdown: Experience from Poland (2020, result): “In turn, the difference found in this respect between women and men is in line with the evidence that the former are generally more prone to fear and anxiety [68].”
- Perceived Psychological Control and Anxiety in Early Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Attributional Style (2014, background): “Given higher rates of anxiety disorders in girls than boys (Lewinsohn et al. 1998; McLean and Anderson 2009), it is important to address the potential role of gender in etiological models of anxiety in youth.”
- Assessing Knowledge Retention of an Immersive Serious Game vs. a Traditional Education Method in Aviation Safety (2015, methodology): “Participants were assigned to the two conditions in such a way that: (i) the proportion of men and women was identical (13M and 11F in each group), since gender-balanced groups are particularly important in studies where fear is involved (see [45] for a review of how women tend to experience and rep”