Mental Health and Aging: Are There Gender Differences?
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 27 (6) , 703-711
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/27.6.703
Abstract
A review of community mental health studies that have included older adults revealed a lack of consistent evidence of more psychological impairment among older females than males. Additionally, in a recent survey of older adults, no significant relationships were found between gender and 5 measures of impairment for those 65 and over; and only minimal associations on 2 impairment measures for bereaved respondents. These findings are incongruent with the literature on gender differences in psychological impairment and have social policy implications.Keywords
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