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Sex differences in patterns of self‐reported psychopathology in the married elderly
Author(s) -
Hale W. Daniel,
Cochran C. D.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198309)39:5<647::aid-jclp2270390502>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathology , distress , clinical psychology , anxiety , marital status , discriminant function analysis , psychiatry , demography , population , machine learning , sociology , computer science
Administered to 106 married male and female residents of a retirement com‐munity the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) form of the SCL‐90. Although no difference was found between males and females on an overall index of psychological distress, a discriminant function analysis indicated that three (Anxiety, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Paranoid Ideation) of the nine scales provided maximum separation of the two groups. Results supported the conclusion that with marital status, education, and health controlled, male and female elderly Ss show distinct patterns of distress.