PSYC 320 Lecture Notes - Psychomotor Agitation, Gender Role, Eugenius Warming
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What factors account for sex differences in health (cont: gender related factors (cont): The nurturant role: women who are maried or mothers are more exposed to infectious disease. Females are socialized to take care of others. This may contribute to higher rates of morbidity among females. Gender related traits: agency: positive masculinity; focus on self and separation; ex. attributed: self-confident, independent. Agency is associated with greater physical activity, greater perceived health, fewer physical symptoms, and better health unmitigated agency: negative masculinity; focus on self to the exclustion of others. ex. attributes: boastful, arrogant. Unmitigated agency is associated with feelings of invulnerability and greater risk taking, both of which contribute to illness and death communion: positive femininity; focus on relationships with others and connection. ex attributes: empathetic, kind, sympathetic, warm. Unmitigated communion is associated with poorer health practices, more physical symptoms, and poorer health. Females are more likely to be diagnosed with depression than males.
