Family Status and Mental Health

摘要: Early epidemiological research on family status and mental health produced three “social facts”: 1. Marriage is beneficial to health. 2. Marriage benefits the of men more than women. 3. Parenthood causes psychological distress, especially for women. Until very recently, first “fact” went largely uncontested. Durkheim (1897/1951) came a similar conclusion at turn century when he found that suicide rates were higher among unmarried married. Working from variety theoretical perspectives, sociologists throughout twentieth concluded marriage has effects individual. The second generated much controversy beginning in 1970s. Jesse Bernard (1972) argued, support gender difference marital benefits, women experienced “his hers marriages” which sacrifice themselves do men, particularly providing services their spouses. Furthermore, she argued receive women. Walter Gove (Gove & Tudor, 1973) similarly are depressed this sex due women’s frustrating less rewarding roles, roles. Bruce Dohrenwend (Dohrenwend, Dohrenwend, 1976) contested Gove’s conclusions because presented evidence only neurotic disorders functional psychoses—disorders overrepresented relative men. He definition illness left out some most significant serious disorders, personality happen be prevalent contended different types could viewed as equivalents sense simply express distress ways. In summary, generally not necessarily distressed