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The ABCs of depression: integrating affective, biological, and cognitive models to explain the emergence of the gender difference in depression

Hyde, Janet Shibley, Mezulis, Amy H., Abramson, Lyn Y.·2008·Psychological Review

Abstract

In adulthood, twice as many women as men are depressed, a pattern that holds in most nations. In childhood, girls are no more depressed than boys, but more girls than boys are depressed by ages 13 to 15. Although many influences on this emergent gender difference in depression have been proposed, a truly integrated, developmental model is lacking. The authors propose a model that integrates affective (emotional reactivity), biological (genetic vulnerability, pubertal hormones, pubertal timing and development) and cognitive (cognitive style, objectified body consciousness, rumination) factors as vulnerabilities to depression that, in interaction with negative life events, heighten girls' rates of depression beginning in adolescence and account for the gender difference in depression.

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Authors
Hyde, J. S., Mezulis, A. H., & Abramson, L. Y.
Affiliations
University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Venue
Psychological Review
Published
2008-04
Volume
115
Issue
2
Pages
291-313
ISSN
  • 0033-295X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1471
OpenAlex
W2104300853
Cited by
1,146
References
288
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FWCI
50.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Psychological Review (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
University of Wisconsin
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychological Treatments and Disorders
Keywords
gender differences in depression, adolescent depression, emotional vulnerability, emotional reactivity, genetic susceptibility, pubertal hormones, pubertal timing, cognitive style, objectified body consciousness, rumination, negative life events
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Body Image, Cognition Disorders, Depression, Female, Humans, Male, Sex Factors, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Biomarkers, Genetic Predisposition to Disease

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