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Gender Differences in Problem Drinking and Depression: Different “Vulnerabilities?”
Author(s) -
Skaff Marilyn McKean,
Finney John W.,
Moos Rudolf H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1023/a:1022813727823
Subject(s) - stressor , depression (economics) , psychology , health psychology , vulnerability (computing) , public health , clinical psychology , alcohol consumption , psychiatry , medicine , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry , nursing , computer security , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
This study examines the relationship between stressors and resources and the functioning of a sample of 515 men and women who had a drinking problem. At a one‐year follow‐up, both women and men had improved on three functioning measures: alcohol consumption, days intoxicated, and depression. There were no gender differences at Time 2 on alcohol consumption, but men had more days intoxicated and women had more symptoms of depression. The impact of stressors and resources varied by life domain, functioning criterion, and gender. Although the predictors varied, the amount of variance in depression accounted for was the same for women and men. The most striking gender difference was the stronger impact of friendships for women on all aspects of functioning. This study provides support for reconsideration of the stress vulnerability of women and men .