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The model proposes differential standards for males and females, based on stereotypes. Males are considered healthy when they exhibit per sonality characteristics such as independence, assertiveness, competitiveness, and rationality. Females are considered healthy when they exhibit personality characteristics such as warmth, emotional expressiveness, a concern for rela tionships, and dependency. It is also assumed that healthy individuals adopt social roles considered appropriate for their sex, for example, a breadwinner role in the case of the male, and a nurturant homemaker role in the case of the female.
A high rare of affective disorders in women is not a general phenomenon but is related to factors such as age, marital status, socioeconomic status, and so on. , in psychoanalysis) to the study of environmental factors. Sex differences in symptoms, premorbid adjustment, and prognosis of schizophrenia could involve both biological and environ mental factors. However, data suggest that environmental factors are more related to the development of schizophrenia in females. Studies of other types of psychopathology in women demonstrate the same tendency.
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