Gender matters for daily depression: Symptom fluctuations and links to self-expression.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression is a global health burden, disproportionately affecting women. A lack of contextual, real-life assessments considering the oft-gendered context (e.g., expression) of daily symptom fluctuations may contribute to this disparity. The current study examines: a) gender differences in daily depressive symptoms - and fluctuations; and b) daily links between self-perceived gender expression and depressive symptoms.

Methods

Established adults (N = 96; M _age = 28.19, SD _age = 8.43) participated in an ecologically-valid multi-wave 100-day intensive longitudinal study. They reported daily on their depressive symptoms, and on their self-expression in the final study wave. Gender differences in daily symptoms f

SUBMITTER: Yan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11619048 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature