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Sex differences in the use of coping strategies: predictors of anxiety and depressive symptoms
Author(s) -
Kelly Megan M.,
Tyrka Audrey R.,
Price Lawrence H.,
Carpenter Linda L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
depression and anxiety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.634
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6394
pISSN - 1091-4269
DOI - 10.1002/da.20341
Subject(s) - anxiety , psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive reframing , psychopathology , coping (psychology) , depression (economics) , psychiatry , psychotherapist , economics , macroeconomics
This study examined sex differences in the use of coping strategies and their relationship to depression and anxiety‐related psychopathology. Responses on measures of coping strategies, depression, and anxiety were obtained from a carefully screened nonclinical sample ( N = 107). The results demonstrated that women who used less positive reframing had higher levels of depressive symptoms compared with women who used more positive reframing and to men irrespective of their use of more or less positive reframing. In addition, women who reported the use of more self‐blame had elevated levels of trait anxiety, although a similar effect was not found for men. The observed sex differences in the use of coping strategies and their association with depression and anxiety‐related problems underscores differences in the clinical presentation of anxiety and depression between women and men. Depression and Anxiety, 2008. Published 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.