The cost of competence [[electronic resource] ] : why inequality causes depression, eating disorders, and illness in women / / Brett Silverstein, Deborah Perlick
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Silverstein Brett
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The cost of competence [[electronic resource] ] : why inequality causes depression, eating disorders, and illness in women / / Brett Silverstein, Deborah Perlick
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1995 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 155.6/33 |
| Soggetto topico: | Achievement motivation in women |
| Anxiety in women | |
| Depression in women | |
| Eating disorders | |
| Self-esteem in women | |
| Sex role | |
| Somatic symptom disorder | |
| Women - Mental health - Sociological aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
PerlickDeborah
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-209) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Introduction; 1 Curves and Competence; 2 The Disease of Young Women; 3 Depression; 4 Anxious Somatic Depression; 5 Tying the Knot: Marriage, Childbearing, and Sexuality; 6 Daughters and Sons; 7 Idealized Fathers, Devalued Mothers; 8 Adolescence; 9 Gender Ambivalence; 10 Anxious Somatic Depression During Periods of Changing Gender Roles; 11 Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment; Appendixes; A: Depression, Disordered Eating, and Somatic Symptoms Among Eminent Women; B: Model of the Development of the Symptoms of Anxious Somatic Depression |
| C: Methods and Results of Unpublished Studies Cited in This BookReferences and Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Challenging assumptions about anorexic or depressed women, this study argues that it is time to examine more deeply the widespread prejudices within our society that lead thousands of young women to equate thinness with competence and success, and femininity with failure. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The cost of competence |
| ISBN: | 1-280-52580-0 |
| 9786610525805 | |
| 0-19-802344-8 | |
| 1-4294-0637-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910451708903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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