Love Beats Depression for Women, Not Men
Supportive, loving relationships offer women protection against major depression but don’t seem to play a role in male depression, say researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University.
In their study of 1,000 pairs of adult, opposite-sex, fraternal twins, the Virginia team found that the female twins were more apt to fall into depression if they felt they received low levels of emotional support from spouses, parents and other relatives, compared to their brothers.
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Grohol, J. (2005). Love Beats Depression for Women, Not Men. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/02/10/love-beats-depression-for-women-not-men/
Grohol, J. (2005). Love Beats Depression for Women, Not Men. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/02/10/love-beats-depression-for-women-not-men/
