Sex differences in patterns of self-reported psychopathology in the married elderly
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 39 (5) , 647-650
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(198309)39:5<647::aid-jclp2270390502>3.0.co;2-n
Abstract
Administered to 106 married male and female residents of a retirement com-munity the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) form of the SCL-90. Although no difference was found between males and females on an overall index of psychological distress, a discriminant function analysis indicated that three (Anxiety, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Paranoid Ideation) of the nine scales provided maximum separation of the two groups. Results supported the conclusion that with marital status, education, and health controlled, male and female elderly Ss show distinct patterns of distress.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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