Learned Helplesness and Depression in Women [microform] : Or How to Keep Being a Woman From Being Depressing / Eileen T. Nickerson.

This paper links the sex stereotypic socialization of women towards passivity and insignificance theoretically and empirically with the greater incidence of learned helplessness and depression in contemporary American women as compared to men. The case is made for a more androgynous, self-directed a...

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Online Access:	Request ERIC Document
Main Author:	Nickerson, Eileen T.
Format:	Microfilm Book
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1976.
Subjects:	Androgyny. Assertiveness. Behavior Change. Behavioral Science Research. Depression (Psychology) Females. Sex Role. Sex Stereotypes. Socialization. State of the Art Reviews. Womens Studies.