Gender and Depression
1. Summary of the paper (max. 250 words). 25% of credit. In this section, you need to briefly explain what question the paper was trying to address, and whether they successfully answered the question.
2. Methodology (max. 150 words). 25% of credit. Explain in more detail exactly what methods have been used to address the questions presented by the paper. If the paper describes many different methodologies, select the two you considered more relevant and describe those in your paper. If relevant, describe the sample or population used in the study (e.g., children, adults, college students, etc).
3. Results (max. 150 words). 25% of credit. Explain what has been found with this line of research, including some sense of what the results actually mean.
4. Significance (max. 250 words). 25% of credit. Explain why this research area is of relevance, and what you have learned from it. Include issues such as whether the results can be generalized, or whether the conclusions apply outside the sample/population studied.
1. In “Gender Differences in Depression”, by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, the subject of depression is discussed in brief detail covering the general stressors placed on each sex and the differing response by each as well as some gender specific stressors. In short, she claims that females suffer more stressful experiences which, in turn, give women a higher susceptibility to depression. For example, socially, women are less dominate and have to suffer the adverse effects of having less control of their life or being subjected to maltreatment in the home and workplace. These stressors can be anything from not having a say in certain major living decisions in the home to being sexually assaulted in the workplace. Such stressors then cause women to become depressed because females are most likely to ruminate instead of seeking outwardly help or personal solutions. Women, unlike men, also suffer from chronic strains such as becoming overwhelmed when
2. Methodology (max. 150 words). 25% of credit. Explain in more detail exactly what methods have been used to address the questions presented by the paper. If the paper describes many different methodologies, select the two you considered more relevant and describe those in your paper. If relevant, describe the sample or population used in the study (e.g., children, adults, college students, etc).
3. Results (max. 150 words). 25% of credit. Explain what has been found with this line of research, including some sense of what the results actually mean.
4. Significance (max. 250 words). 25% of credit. Explain why this research area is of relevance, and what you have learned from it. Include issues such as whether the results can be generalized, or whether the conclusions apply outside the sample/population studied.
1. In “Gender Differences in Depression”, by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, the subject of depression is discussed in brief detail covering the general stressors placed on each sex and the differing response by each as well as some gender specific stressors. In short, she claims that females suffer more stressful experiences which, in turn, give women a higher susceptibility to depression. For example, socially, women are less dominate and have to suffer the adverse effects of having less control of their life or being subjected to maltreatment in the home and workplace. These stressors can be anything from not having a say in certain major living decisions in the home to being sexually assaulted in the workplace. Such stressors then cause women to become depressed because females are most likely to ruminate instead of seeking outwardly help or personal solutions. Women, unlike men, also suffer from chronic strains such as becoming overwhelmed when