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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Neurotic, Affective, and Schizophrenic Disorders
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Social Deviation and Sexual Dysfunction
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Societal Management and Control
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Keywords
About this book
Psychopathology is the science of deviant behavior. However, as psy chopathologists, our explanations of deviant behavior are not developed in a sterile, laboratory environment. Abnormality is a relative concept, and the labeling of someone or some behavior as abnormal is inextrica bly linked to a particular social context. In the United States, for exam ple, a woman reporting vivid hallucinations is likely to be committed to a mental hospital and the behavior considered maladaptive. In other cultures, the same behavior may be interpreted as reflecting magical, healing powers, and the woman honored and revered. An explicit assumption underlying this book is that elements of social causality influence the development and maintenance of psycho pathology. While the chapters emphasize environmental influences, this is not intended to negate the importance of physiological, biological, genetic, or hormonal factors in relation to psychopathology. The purpose of this book is to examine the impact of sex role ster eotypes on the occurrence and distribution of specific forms of psycho pathology. In contrast to prior work, which emphasizes sex differences (e.g., Franks and Gomberg's Gender and Disordered Behavior) these are not the primary focus of this volume. Sex Roles and Psychopathology analyzes the extent to which cultural norms about the sexes, societal expectations and values about sex-typed behavior and sex differences, and profes sional biases influence the development, manifestation, and mainte nance of abnormal behavior among men and women.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sex Roles and Psychopathology
Editors: Cathy Spatz Widom
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4562-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1984
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4564-0Published: 03 April 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4562-6Published: 29 June 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 402
Topics: Clinical Psychology