Gymcelled
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Method: We analysed 2018 data from 566,827 adolescents across 73 countries for 4 mental health outcomes: psychological distress, life satisfaction, eudaemonia, and hedonia. We examine average gender differences and distributions for each of these outcomes as well as country-level associations between each outcome and purported determinants at the country level: wealth (GDP per capita), inequality (Gini index), and societal indicators of gender inequality (GII, GGGI, and GSNI).
Results:
1) The gender gap in mental health in adolescence is largely ubiquitous cross-culturally, with girls having worse average mental health;
2) There is considerable cross-national heterogeneity in the size of the gender gap, with the direction reversed in a minority of countries;
3) Higher GDP per capita is associated with worse average mental health and a larger gender gap across all mental health outcomes; and
4) more gender equal countries have larger gender gaps across all mental health outcomes.
"Girls have worse average mental health than boys across 4 measures of mental health."
"Some regional patterns emerge; wealthier European nations consistently have worse average mental health for girls across all outcomes apart from hedonia; the Eastern Mediterranean countries consistently have some of the smallest gender gaps, and for hedonia and eudaemonia have better average outcomes for girls. Particular countries consistently have some of the largest gender gaps in mental health, including Sweden, Finland, Slovenia and South Korea."
The fact that women suffer from more "psychological distress isn't surprising since women are significantly more neurotic than men on average (source below)
@Edmund_Kemper
Results:
1) The gender gap in mental health in adolescence is largely ubiquitous cross-culturally, with girls having worse average mental health;
2) There is considerable cross-national heterogeneity in the size of the gender gap, with the direction reversed in a minority of countries;
3) Higher GDP per capita is associated with worse average mental health and a larger gender gap across all mental health outcomes; and
4) more gender equal countries have larger gender gaps across all mental health outcomes.
"Girls have worse average mental health than boys across 4 measures of mental health."
"Some regional patterns emerge; wealthier European nations consistently have worse average mental health for girls across all outcomes apart from hedonia; the Eastern Mediterranean countries consistently have some of the smallest gender gaps, and for hedonia and eudaemonia have better average outcomes for girls. Particular countries consistently have some of the largest gender gaps in mental health, including Sweden, Finland, Slovenia and South Korea."
The gender gap in adolescent mental health: A cross-national investigation of 566,829 adolescents across 73 countries
Mental ill-health is a leading cause of disease burden worldwide. While women suffer from greater levels of mental health disorders, it remains unclea…
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The fact that women suffer from more "psychological distress isn't surprising since women are significantly more neurotic than men on average (source below)
@Edmund_Kemper