The role of psychosocial factors in explaining sex differences in major depression and generalized anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Main Authors: Frédérique Vallières (Author), Jamie Murphy (Author), Orla McBride (Author), Mark Shevlin (Author), Brynne Gilmore (Author), Áine Travers (Author), Ann Nolan (Author), Sarah Butter (Author), Thanos Karatzias (Author), Richard Bentall (Author), Philip Hyland (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Understanding how pandemics differentially impact on the socio-protective and psychological outcomes of males and females is important to develop more equitable public health policies. We assessed whether males and females differed on measures of major depression and generalized...