Loewenthal K M, Goldblatt V, Lubitsh G
Psychology Department, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey, UK.
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci. 1998;35(3):217-24; discussion 225-6.
This report examines data from interviews with 179 strictly-orthodox Jews living in London. The impetus was a debate in this journal on the question whether men or women in the strictly-orthodox (haredi) community are more stressed. Many of the observations made in this journal on the quality of life among haredi men and women in Israel were borne out among the strictly-orthodox London Jews interviewed. Quantitatively, severe stress and clinical levels of depression and anxiety were similar among the men and women studied, but women had overall more eventful lives than men, and were more likely to suffer from borderline depression and anxiety--though these differences were only marginally significant. It is suggested that the London sample studied were probably similar to haredim in Israel, and that the findings might therefore be applicable.
本报告审视了对179名居住在伦敦的极端正统派犹太人的访谈数据。促成此次研究的是本刊关于极端正统派（哈雷迪）社区中男性和女性谁承受更多压力这一问题的一场辩论。本刊对以色列哈雷迪男性和女性生活质量所做的许多观察，在接受访谈的伦敦极端正统派犹太人中得到了证实。从数量上看，在接受研究的男性和女性中，严重压力以及抑郁和焦虑的临床水平相似，但女性的生活总体上比男性更为丰富，并且更有可能遭受边缘性抑郁和焦虑——尽管这些差异仅略微显著。研究表明，所研究的伦敦样本可能与以色列的哈雷迪人相似，因此这些研究结果可能具有适用性。
