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Author Silverstein, Brett

Title The cost of competence : why inequality causes depression, eating disorders, and illness in women / Brett Silverstein, Deborah Perlick
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (x, 214 pages) : illustrations
Contents Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I58; The Forgotten Syndrome -- 1 Curves and Competence -- 2 The Disease of Young Women -- 3 Depression -- 4 Anxious Somatic Depression -- 5 Tying the Knot58; Marriage44; Childbearing44; and Sexuality -- Part II58; Females44; Families44; and Achievement -- 6 Daughters and Sons -- 7 Idealized Fathers44; Devalued Mothers -- Part III58; The Theory of Gender Ambivalence -- 8 Adolescence -- 9 Gender Ambivalence -- 10 Anxious Somatic Depression During Periods of Changing Gender Roles -- Part IV58; Practical Implications of Our Findings -- 11 Recognition44; Prevention44; and Treatment -- Appendixes -- A58; Depression44; Disordered Eating44; and Somatic Symptoms Among Eminent Women -- B58; Model of the Development of the Symptoms of Anxious Somatic Depression -- C58; Methods and Results of Unpublished Studies Cited in This Book -- References and Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U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 -- Last Page
Summary In The Cost of Competence Brett Silverstein and Deborah Perlick argue that rather than simply labelling individual women as, say, anorexic or depressed, it is time to look harder at the widespread prejudices within our society and child-rearing practices that lead thousands of young women to equate thinness with competence and success, and femininity with failure
Analysis Women Psychology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-209) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Women -- Mental health -- Sociological aspects.
Sex role.
Achievement motivation in women.
Self-esteem in women.
Eating disorders.
Somatic symptom disorder
Depression in women.
Anxiety in women.
Prejudices.
Gender identity.
Women -- psychology
Prejudice
Gender Identity
Depressive Disorder -- psychology
Feeding and Eating Disorders -- psychology
Somatoform Disorders -- psychology
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Gender Role
sex role.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Adulthood & Aging.
Prejudices
Gender identity
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
Vrouwen.
Geestelijke gezondheid.
Zelfwaardering.
Eetstoornissen.
Depressies (psychiatrie)
Prestatiemotivatie.
Form Electronic book
Author Perlick, Deborah
LC no. 94044235
ISBN 1429406372
9781429406376
1280525800
9781280525803