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Sex differences in the psychological well-being of Chinese adolescents
1Department of Social Work, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin.
The Journal of Psychology
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
This study assessed sex differences affecting the psychological well-being of Chinese adolescents. Various instruments were used to measure psychiatric symptoms and positive mental health. The results showed that female adolescents displayed significantly more psychiatric as well as somatic symptoms and scored lower on scales reflecting positive mental health. The findings are generally consistent with those found in the Western literature, but suggest that, in the Chinese culture, sex differences in mental health begin to appear in adolescents.