Yue Xiao Dong, Hiranandani Neelam Arjan, Jiang Feng, Hou Zhenhu, Chen Xiaohua
City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China.
Psychol Rep. 2017 Aug;120(4):639-649. doi: 10.1177/0033294117701136. Epub 2017 Mar 30.
Mental health studies show that women are likely to score higher on subjective well-being and higher on depression than men. To verify this, the present study collected a sample of 5648 undergraduates in 55 universities in China. Results showed that women reported higher optimism, gratitude, subjective well-being, and depression than men, and that optimism and gratitude mediated the relationship between gender and mental health (subjective well-being and depression). By its implication, women were more likely to be optimistic and grateful, and as such they tended to experience higher subjective well-being and depression simultaneously. This also implies that gender differences on mental health could also be a dispositional issue as well as a socialization one.
心理健康研究表明，女性在主观幸福感方面的得分可能高于男性，而在抑郁方面的得分也高于男性。为了验证这一点，本研究收集了中国55所大学的5648名本科生样本。结果显示，女性报告的乐观、感恩、主观幸福感和抑郁程度均高于男性，且乐观和感恩在性别与心理健康（主观幸福感和抑郁）之间起中介作用。这意味着，女性更有可能乐观和感恩，因此她们往往同时体验到更高的主观幸福感和抑郁程度。这也意味着，心理健康方面的性别差异可能既是一个性格问题，也是一个社会化问题。
