GENDER AND DEPRESSION IN AN UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION

Authors
NOLAN R WILLSON VL
Citation
R. Nolan et Vl. Willson, GENDER AND DEPRESSION IN AN UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION, Psychological reports, 75(3), 1994, pp. 1327-1330
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
75
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
1327 - 1330
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1994)75:3<1327:GADIAU>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The Beck Depression Inventory was administered to 417 undergraduate st udents (308 women and 109 men). Within the total group the item concer ning ''tiredness'' gave the best discrimination between men and women. A cut-off score of 10 was used to divide depressed from nondepressed individuals. When only depressed individuals (n = 105) were considered , seven items were identified as discriminating between genders.