Adolescence and Gender Equality in Health

Greene, Michael B.; Patton, George C

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.10.012

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“…Adolescence and puberty marks a particular period of changing identity ( Blakemore & Mills, 2014 ) including developing conceptions of what it means to be a man or a woman ( Greene & Patton, 2020 ), and while there are cross-cultural differences in experience of adolescence, identity development is common ( Gibbons & Poelker, 2019 ). Adolescence can be particularly stressful when the norms of femininity potentially contradict with the norms of gender equality and attempting to balance the two may be additionally difficult.…”

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“…It is a period of rapid change and exposure to new risk factors including physical changes, peer pressure, educational stress, and sexual exploration ( Viner et al, 2015 ; WHO, 2020 ). It is also a time when gender becomes a more salient socialising factor and individuals develop concepts of what it means to be a man or a woman ( Greene & Patton, 2020 ).…”

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The gender gap in adolescent mental health: A cross-national investigation of 566,829 adolescents across 73 countries

Campbell

Bann

Patalay

2021

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Mental ill-health is a leading cause of disease burden worldwide. While women suffer from greater levels of mental health disorders, it remains unclear whether this gender gap differs systematically across regions and/or countries, or across the different dimensions of mental health. We analysed 2018 data from 566,829 adolescents across 73 countries for 4 mental health outcomes: psychological distress, life satisfaction, eudaemonia, and hedonia. We examine average gender differences and distributions for each of these outcomes as well as country-level associations between each outcome and purported determinants at the country level: wealth (GDP per capita), inequality (Gini index), and societal indicators of gender inequality (GII, GGGI, and GSNI). We report four main results: 1) The gender gap in mental health in adolescence is largely ubiquitous cross-culturally, with girls having worse average mental health; 2) There is considerable cross-national heterogeneity in the size of the gender gap, with the direction reversed in a minority of countries; 3) Higher GDP per capita is associated with worse average mental health and a larger gender gap across all mental health outcomes; and 4) more gender equal countries have larger gender gaps across all mental health outcomes. Taken together, our findings suggest that while the gender gap appears largely ubiquitous, its size differs considerably by region, country, and dimension of mental health. Findings point to the hitherto unrealised complex nature of gender disparities in mental health and possible incongruence between expectations and reality in high gender equal countries.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The gender gap in adolescent mental health: A cross-national investigation of 566,829 adolescents across 73 countries

Campbell

Bann

Patalay

2021

SSM - Population Health

227

129

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“…In countries with lower gender equality women’s roles are more fixed, whereas in more gender equal countries they are less prescribed, leading to potential conflict between roles, which may affect mental health (43). Adolescence and puberty marks a particular period of changing identity (44) including developing conceptions of what it means to be a man or a woman (45). This can be particularly stressful when the norms of femininity potentially contradict with the norms of gender equality and attempting to balance the two may be additionally difficult.…”

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confidence: 99%

The gender gap in adolescent mental health: a cross-national investigation of 566,827 adolescents across 73 countries

Campbell

Bann

Patalay

2020

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Mental ill-health is a leading cause of disease burden worldwide. While women suffer from greater levels of mental health disorders, it remains unclear whether this gender gap differs systematically across regions and/or countries, or across the different dimensions of mental health. We analysed 2018 data from 566,827 adolescents across 73 countries for 4 mental health outcomes: psychological distress, life satisfaction, eudaemonia, and hedonia. We examine average gender differences and distributions for each of these outcomes as well as country-level associations between each outcome and purported determinants at the country level: wealth (GDP per capita), inequality (Gini index), and societal indicators of gender inequality (GII, GGGI, and GSNI). We report four main results: 1) The gender gap in mental health in adolescence is largely ubiquitous cross-culturally, with girls having worse average mental health; 2) There is considerable cross-national heterogeneity in the size of the gender gap, with the direction reversed in a minority of countries; 3) Higher GDP per capita is associated with worse average mental health and a larger gender gap across all mental health outcomes; and 4) more gender equal countries have larger gender gaps, with better mental health in males associated with greater gender equality and inconsistent associations with different mental health outcomes in females. Taken together, our findings suggest that while the gender gap appears largely ubiquitous, its size differs considerably by region, country, and dimension of mental health. Findings point to the hitherto unrealised complex nature of gender disparities in mental health and possible incongruence between expectations and reality in high gender equal countries.

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“…As noted, the most prominent term is "adolescent" which, as indicated by the WHO, is the period of preparation for adulthood during which certain and important experiences of development of the person take place [139]. Figure 7 displays the cooperation map between the authors, based on co-authorship analysis, who have published globally on the socioeconomic factors associated with CB.…”

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Socioeconomic Effects in Cyberbullying: Global Research Trends in the Educational Context

López-Meneses

Vázquez‐Cano

González-Zamar

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IJERPH

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Nowadays, cyberbullying has become a problem of social harassment in numerous educational centres worldwide. New communication technologies have provided the perfect support for the development of this type of harassment in peer relationships, in addition to being linked to broad social and economic circumstances. In this study, the global trends of the socioeconomic implications of cyberbullying in the educational context have been analysed, from 2004 to 2019. Thus, a bibliometric analysis has been applied to 1128 articles, obtaining results of the evolution of scientific activity in this period. The articles are mainly associated with the thematic areas of Social Sciences, Psychology, Medicine and Computer Science. Seven main thematic axes have been detected, highlighting those related to the psychological aspect, adolescence, and the school environment. Likewise, the link of the main authors, institutions, and countries to these lines of research has been detected. The evidence has shown the interest and relevance of this topic at the international level. Future research lines propose different analyses about how certain socioeconomic factors influence this psychological harassment inside and outside the classroom.

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Adolescence and Gender Equality in Health

Cited by 30 publications

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The gender gap in adolescent mental health: A cross-national investigation of 566,829 adolescents across 73 countries

The gender gap in adolescent mental health: A cross-national investigation of 566,829 adolescents across 73 countries

The gender gap in adolescent mental health: a cross-national investigation of 566,827 adolescents across 73 countries

Socioeconomic Effects in Cyberbullying: Global Research Trends in the Educational Context

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