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Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence: Gender and Psychopathology

Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn, Shirtcliff, Elizabeth A., Marceau, Kristine·2008·Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

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Early-onset disorders (e.g., conduct problems, autism) show a marked male preponderance, whereas adolescent-onset disorders (e.g., depression, anxiety) show a marked female preponderance. A developmental psychopathology framework provides a means to investigate complex gender-related etiologies of these different disorders. This review focuses on biological and environmental factors implicated in the development of conduct problems and depression in boys and girls. Boys and girls showed certain differences in types, rates, comorbidities, antecedents, correlates, and trajectories of these problems. Origins of male and female preponderant problems are likely to be rooted, in part, in biological, physical, cognitive, and social-emotional differences in boys and girls that can precede the expression of clinical problems. These male-like and female-like characteristics are considered regarding conduct problems and depression to explore how they inform biological and environmental theories about gender and psychopathology. At the same time, because boys and girls also show many similarities, it is important to avoid sex-stereotyping mental health problems.

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  • It is well known that genders differ in risk for specific forms of developmental psychopathology: girls are more likely to have internalizing disorders and boys externalizing disorders.

    “This is puzzling, given the well-known observation of differing patterns of risk to specific forms of developmental psychopathology between genders, with girls more likely to exhibit internalizing disorders, and boys to present with externalizing disorders (Zahn-Waxler, Shirtcliff and Marceau, 2008).”

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Authors
Zahn-Waxler, C., Shirtcliff, E. A., & Marceau, K.
Affiliations
  • Senior Scientist, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53726-1696;
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Venue
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
Published
2008-04-01
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
275-303
ISSN
  • 1548-5943 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-5951
OpenAlex
W2147634556
Cited by
1,072
References
162
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FWCI
6.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Keywords
developmental psychopathology, conduct problems, depression, autism spectrum disorder, sex differences, biological sex differences, environmental risk factors, gender stereotypes, comorbidities
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Brain, Child, Developmental Disabilities, Conflict, Psychological, Depression, Estrogens, Female, Humans, Male, Marriage, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Temperament, Testosterone, Child of Impaired Parents, Parenting, Sex Distribution, Conduct Disorder

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