Many recent studies have shown that both clinical

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Stated in the abstract and inline gaps sections of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1981 and 2014, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 58 times in total.

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• Cognitive-behavioural therapy with a feminist orientation: A perspective for therapy with depressed women. (1995) · Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne · cited 16× · doi

  Can it be assumed that the same risk factors underlie gender differences regardless of clinical severity? Nolen-Hoeksema (1990) argues that gender differences should be studied at all levels of severity because no matter how you define depression, after puberty more women are depressed, and even moderate levels of depression significantly impair functioning.

  generalstated in abstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: gender differences severity levels depression assumed risk factors underlie regardless clinical nolen hoeksema argues studied
• Depression in Men: Issues for Practice and Research (2014) · Issues in Mental Health Nursing · cited 9× · doi

  What explanations are offered for consistent finding of gender differences in rates of depression, not only in the US worldwide? The origins of these gender differences in prevalence rates are not well understood although various ideas have been proposed to explain how they arise.

  generalstated in abstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: gender differences rates explanations offered consistent finding depression worldwide origins prevalence well understood various ideas
• Individualism and relatedness themes in the context of depression, gender, and a self-schema model of emotion. (2002) · Canadian Psychology/Psychologie canadienne · cited 33× · doi

  Whereas the evidence supporting a biological cause for increased depression in women is still inconclusive (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1995), the present Western sociocultural context is seen by many investigators as a viable contributing factor (Helgeson & Fritz, 1998; Hurst & Genest, 1995; Kaplan, 1986).

  generalstated in abstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: evidence supporting biological cause increased depression women still inconclusive nolen hoeksema present western sociocultural context
• Sex differences in depressive symptom expression and help-seeking among college students (1981) · Sex Roles · doi

  Many recent studies have shown that both clinical and mood depression vary not so much by gender as by marital status, age, social class, education, and work status - although the operation of these factors is poorly understood (e.

  generalstated in inline gapsevidence 3/5
  Keywords: status recent clinical mood depression vary gender marital social class education operation factors poorly understood

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