Citation

Radloff L. Sex Roles 1975; 1(3): 249-265.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00287373

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The role of housewife has been hypothesized as the source of excess mental illness among married women as compared with married men. The present study found both housewives and working wives significantly more depressed than working husbands. Although working wives report that they do more housework than husbands, this factor was not significantly related to depression for either wives or husbands. It is suggested that the risk factors for depression, including marriage for women, may be better understood in the context of clinical theories of depression, especially the "learned helplessness" model.