TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1974//
TI  - Sex Differences in Mental Illness: An Analysis of Response Bias in Self-Reports
JO  - American journal of sociology
A1  - Clancy, Kevin
A1  - Gove, Walter
SP  - 205
EP  - 216
VL  - 80
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 0002-9602
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/225767
ID  - ref1
ER  -