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An overview on gender, personality and mental health
Author(s) -
Paris Joel
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
personality and mental health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1932-863X
pISSN - 1932-8621
DOI - 10.1002/pmh.1
Subject(s) - psychology , personality disorders , big five personality traits , clinical psychology , personality , mental health , psychiatry , social psychology
Personality traits are influenced by gender, and these differences are unlikely to be artefacts. Gender effects on traits also shape differences in the prevalence of common mental disorders, so that internalizing disorders are more common in females, while externalizing disorders are more common in males. Finally, gender effects influence the prevalence of specific personality disorders. These differences have clinical implications. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.