PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Overdiagnosis, Objectified, Underweight
13 Dec 2017
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Gender differences in adults are substantial across ethnic groups and cross-culturally. Some people gain weight, but other people lose weight: behavioral symptoms: decreased ability to do ordinary tasks, decreased productivity at work, neglected personal appearance, decreased social interactions, and sleep problems. In the united states and canada, women are two to three times more likely than men to experience depression during their lifetime. Women are somewhat more likely than men to seek therapy. Studies of the general population still find a higher incidence of depression in women than in men. Individual psychological problems occur in a social context. People emphasize body weight much more when they judge women than when they judge men. The tendency for many north american females to be concerned that they are overweight, even if their weight is appropriate. Media emphasis on weight consciousness, slenderness, and dieting in women; seeing these images influences women"s view of their own bodies.
