Betrus P A, Elmore S K, Woods N F, Hamilton P A
Health Care Women Int. 1995 May-Jun;16(3):243-52. doi: 10.1080/07399339509516175.
As Western society increases in complexity and becomes more reliant on technology, women who thrive as integrators in interactional modes will face new dilemmas. Many women will view these changes as challenges, but for many other women, who view these changes as threats, the response will be depression. We lay a foundation to an understanding of depression in women, evaluating the current concept of depression and pointing out its limitations. We then review the traditional theories of women's increased vulnerability to depressive disorders, which have failed to explain adequately this phenomenon. A more recent theory of women's depression, based on the self-in-relation theory of women's development, is offered as an alternative.
随着西方社会变得日益复杂且更加依赖技术，那些在互动模式中作为整合者而蓬勃发展的女性将面临新的困境。许多女性会将这些变化视为挑战，但对许多其他将这些变化视为威胁的女性来说，她们的反应将是抑郁。我们为理解女性的抑郁奠定基础，评估当前的抑郁概念并指出其局限性。然后我们回顾了关于女性更易患抑郁症的传统理论，这些理论未能充分解释这一现象。我们提出一种基于女性发展的关系中的自我理论的、关于女性抑郁的更新的理论，作为一种替代解释。
