Briscoe M E
Psychol Med. 1978 May;8(2):339-45. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700014409.
A preliminary survey of 10 married couples was carried out to test the hypothesis that women express greater dissatisfaction with their health and other personal life domains than men. Although the women made more use of medical facilities for minor complaints than their husbands, no difference was found in expressed satisfaction, or in number or severity of symptoms reported at interview. However, there was a discrepancy between husbands' and wives' perception of their spouses' satisfaction levels and experience of illness-symptoms, in the direction of wives being perceived by their husbands as considerably less healthy and more dissatisfied than the husbands were rated by their wives. Some evidence was also found for greater emotionality in women. The results are regarded as indicating that illness is more socially acceptable in women than in men.
对10对已婚夫妇进行了初步调查，以检验女性比男性对自己的健康及其他个人生活领域表达出更多不满这一假设。尽管在轻微不适方面，女性比丈夫更多地使用医疗设施，但在表达的满意度、访谈中报告的症状数量或严重程度方面，未发现差异。然而，丈夫和妻子对配偶满意度水平及疾病症状体验的认知存在差异，即丈夫认为妻子比妻子认为丈夫的健康状况差得多且不满程度更高。还发现了一些女性情感更丰富的证据。研究结果被认为表明疾病在女性中比在男性中更能被社会所接受。
