@article{ref1,
title="Sex Differences in Mental Illness: An Analysis of Response Bias in Self-Reports",
journal="American journal of sociology",
year="1974",
author="Clancy, Kevin and Gove, Walter",
volume="80",
number="1",
pages="205-216",
abstract="Phillips and Segal (1969) and Cooperstock (1971) have argued that the consistent finding that women have higher rates of mental illness than men is a product of response bias and does not reflect actual difference in rates of mental illness. In the present paper we look at the effect three forms of response bias-perceived trait desirability, need for social approval, and naysaying-have on respondents' reports of psychiatric symptoms. When these three forms of response bias are controlled for, the difference between the sexes does not diminish but instead increases.<p />",
language="",
issn="0002-9602",
doi="10.1086/225767",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/225767"
}