Sex differences in interpretation bias in adolescents

Gluck, Rachel; Lynn, Debra Alana; Dritschel, Barbara; Brown, Gillian R.

doi:10.1111/bjdp.12030

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“…In contrast, girls are more likely to express agreement, to acknowledge another’s point, and to pause to let each other speak. Other studies have found that in middle childhood boys develop more avoidant coping and girls more often demonstrate preoccupied and anxious coping in personal relationships (Carter, 2011; Gluck et al, 2014). Adolescent girls express more distress associated with friendships and more negative life events than boys (Ge et al, 1994; Hankin et al, 2007).…”

Section: Developmental Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sex differences in anxiety and depression clinical perspectives

Altemus

Sarvaiya

Epperson

2014

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

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Sex differences are prominent in mood and anxiety disorders and may provide a window into mechanisms of onset and maintenance of affective disturbances in both men and women. With the plethora of sex differences in brain structure, function, and stress responsivity, as well as differences in exposure to reproductive hormones, social expectations and experiences, the challenge is to understand which sex differences are relevant to affective illness. This review will focus on clinical aspects of sex differences in affective disorders including the emergence of sex differences across developmental stages and the impact of reproductive events. Biological, cultural, and experiential factors that may underlie sex differences in the phenomenology of mood and anxiety disorders are discussed.

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Section: Developmental Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sex differences in anxiety and depression clinical perspectives

Altemus

Sarvaiya

Epperson

2014

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

975

617

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“…During childhood and adolescence, girls exhibit more anxious coping and more emotional distress in response to stressors than boys (95; 99; 100). In a prospective multiwave study of adolescents, a negative cognitive style or rumination in combination with a stressor accounted for an increasing trajectory of anxious arousal symptoms over the course of adolescence in girls (101).…”

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Anxiety Disorders Among Women: A Female Lifespan Approach

Hantsoo

Epperson

2017

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Anxiety symptoms may present differently between women and men, and at different points in the female lifespan. The female lifespan includes distinct epochs of hormonal function, including puberty, the premenstruum, in some women pregnancy or postpartum, and the menopausal transition. These stages give rise to important treatment considerations when treating anxiety in women. When making assessments, the clinician should consider reproductive events and hormonal status, as well as sex differences in anxiety presentation. This review is structured to: 1) Define major epochs of the female lifespan, 2) Provide a brief summary of the major anxiety disorders, with a focus on prevalence and presentation in the context of sex differences and at points in the female lifespan, 3) Describe potential biopsychosocial underpinnings of anxiety disorders among women, 4) Provide guidelines for assessment and differential diagnosis, and 5) Describe treatment options with attention to reproductive events such as pregnancy.

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“…In terms of gender, it has been well established that girls are generally at greater risk for internalizing difficulties (Zahn-Waxler, Shirtcliff, & Marceau, 2008). Girls may also display more biased cognitions (Gluck, Lynn, Dritschel, & Brown, 2014;Miers, Blöte, Bögels, & Westenberg, 2008), although these findings are not entirely consistent (Marston, Hare, & Allen, 2010). No research to date has explored age or gender differences in the links among shyness, cognitive biases, and social anxiety.…”

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Cognitive Biases and the Link Between Shyness and Social Anxiety in Early Adolescence

Weeks

Ooi

Coplan

2016

The Journal of Early Adolescence

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Shy children display wariness in unfamiliar social situations and often experience feelings of social anxiety. This study explored the potential mediating role of cognitive biases in the link between shyness and social anxiety in early adolescence. In particular, we focused on judgments of the probability and cost of negative social situations (i.e., judgment biases). Six hundred eightysix early adolescents aged 10 to 14 years ( X = 11.58, SD = 1.13) completed measures of shyness, judgment biases, and social anxiety. Among the results, shyness, judgment biases, and social anxiety were positively interassociated. Shyness and judgment biases significantly predicted social anxiety. Moreover, elevated judgments of both the probability and cost of negative social situations partially mediated the relation between shyness and social anxiety. Results are discussed in terms of the conceptual pathway from shyness to social anxiety, as well as implications for intervention programs.

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Sex differences in interpretation bias in adolescents

Cited by 17 publications

References 32 publications

Sex differences in anxiety and depression clinical perspectives

Sex differences in anxiety and depression clinical perspectives

Anxiety Disorders Among Women: A Female Lifespan Approach

Cognitive Biases and the Link Between Shyness and Social Anxiety in Early Adolescence

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