Romans-Clarkson S E, Walton V A, Herbison G P, Mullen P E
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Psychol Med. 1988 Nov;18(4):983-90. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700009909.
The prevalence of psychiatric disorder, as assessed by both the GHQ-28 and the short PSE, is described for a random community sample of New Zealand women. In contrast to previous studies, married and widowed women and mothers showed lower rates than the never married and childless women. A plausible explanation is provided by available analysis of New Zealand gender roles. Such an explanation would reconfirm the importance of socio-cultural factors in community psychiatric disorder.
