Gender Differences in Reactions to Mental Illness Labeling

The Role of Agency and Communion

Bibliographic Data

ID2153145
AuthorsChivon H Fitch (0000-0003-0236-3414, Department of Criminology and Criminal, Justice, Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), Indiana, PA, USA, corresponding author), Jessica L Burke (Department of Sociology, Francis Marion, University, Florence, SC, USA), Jessica Burke (Francis Marion University), Will Kalkhoff (0000-0002-8667-3294, Kent State University)
Year2019
Volume40
Issue5
Pages510-525
Publication date2019-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2018.1431075
OpenAlexW2791662135
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited57

Numerous individual characteristics influence responses to receiving a mental health diagnosis, including gender. This study sought to determine how gender influences reactions to being labeled as depressed or not depressed, which were categorized as falling into themes of communion or agency. Using the themes developed by Niedzwienska (2003), 168 college students’ responses to depression labels were coded as a part of a laboratory experiment. The results indicate that the expected sex differences do exist, but multivariate analyses indicate that the choice of communal themes was influenced by sex but the use of agency themes was not influenced by sex

Agency (philosophy · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Mental health · Mental illness · Multivariate analysis · Psychiatry · Sociology · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Cultural Differences and Values · Medicine · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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