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Sex roles and depression: A preliminary investigation of the direction of causality

Abstract

The present study examined the direction of the relation between sex role self-concept and depression. A total of 23 males and 32 females were given the Personal Attributes Questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory at two times separated by a 3-month interval. Results of a cross-lagged panel correlational analysis found no evidence for sex role orientation as a cause of depression. Instead, the data suggested that emotional well being precedes self-perceived instrumentality, but the influence of third variables could not be overlooked. The implications of these data are discussed with particular reference to the need for more complex theoretical formulations of the relation between self-perceived instrumentality and adjustment.

Authors

Flett GL; Vredenburg K; Pliner P; Krames L

Journal

Journal of Research in Personality, Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 429–435

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

January 1, 1985

DOI

10.1016/0092-6566(85)90010-8

ISSN

0092-6566
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