The Influence of Gender and Alcohol Use on Depressive Symptoms Among Men and Women

<p>This study investigated the extent to which gender influences self-reported prototypical and masculine-specific symptoms of depression in men and women and whether or not alcohol mediates this relationship. Secondly, this study evaluated the effectiveness of the Denver Comprehensive Depression Inventory (DCDI), in measuring prototypical and masculine-specific depressive symptoms in clinical and non-clinical samples of men and women.</p> <p>This paper summarizes the literature on gender differences in depression and the assessment of depression and gender, and outlines the current research on masculine-specific depression. It is argued that current assessment instruments identify prototypical symptoms of depression, as outlined in the DSM-IV-TR, but do not assess for masculine-specific symptoms of depression. Next, this paper outlines the methodology of the study, including participants, procedures, measures and data analyses, followed by the results and a discussion of the findings.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Peters, Elizabeth Anne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Patrick Sherry, Ph.D.
• Kathy Green
• Mary Gomez
• Daniel Brisson

• Alcohol
• Depression
• Gender
• Masculine-specific
• Men
• Women
• Counseling
• Counseling Psychology
• Experimental Analysis of Behavior
• Gender and Sexuality

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• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/510

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-1509