WNYC Radio Presents: Freakonomics Broadcast This podcast features the ways that “Women Are Not Men.” (Download at iTunes, get the RSS feed, listen, or read the transcript below.) The program examines the gender gap, including a study conducted in Tanzania and India about sex differences in competition, about the female happiness paradox, and crime rates. Which begs the question: if you’re rooting for women […]
psychosocialThe mediation of distant suffering: an empirical contribution beyond television news texts’ Martin Scott (2014) Television audiences generally care little about suffering experienced by people in other countries based on brief news reports, but women are more responsive than men when introduced to extended programming.
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New criteria increase number of men with depression Liz Szabo, USA TODAY August 28, 2013 [REPRINTED] STORY HIGHLIGHTS About 30% of men are depressed — the same as women — when diagnosed under new criteria. Traditional symptoms of depression are sadness, loss of sleep, lack of interest in usual activities. While women may manifest these […]
Depression, Mental Health, Psychology, psychosocialThe Experience of Symptoms of Depression in Men vs Women Analysis of the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Lisa A. Martin, PhD1; Harold W. Neighbors, PhD2; Derek M. Griffith, PhD3,4 Abstract Excerpt: Until now, women have been diagnosed with depression twice as often as men. This sex ratio appears in almost every setting, including Western and […]
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