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SEX DIFFERENCES IN CHILDREN'S RESPONSES TO FAMILY STRESS: A RE‐EVALUATION
Author(s) -
Whitehead Linette
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1979.tb00508.x
Subject(s) - psychology , vulnerability (computing) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , marital status , demography , population , computer security , sociology , computer science
SUMMARY The case for sex differences in children's responses to family stress is considered and findings are reported from a study of 2775 first‐born children aged seven. Information regarding the children's adjustment was obtained from parents, teachers and school physicians. The marital status of parents was assessed by health visitors. The report concludes that marital disharmony may be associated with antisocial and emotional disorders in children of both sexes. Divorce may be more strongly associated with disturbance in boys, but this could be due to social factors rather than to their greater psychological vulnerability.