Date of Award
1996
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Art
First Advisor
Pamela Nickels
Second Advisor
Donna Noonan
Third Advisor
Steve Laffoon
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to explore differences in depression between males and females after the loss of a spouse. After a review of the literature, a twenty-one item inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory was given to thirty nine surviving spouse's (17 males and 22 females). AT-test of difference between means of the three factors of the Beck Depression Inventory, (negative self-attitudes, physiological symptoms, and sadness) was performed and the hypothesis that there were differences in depression between males and females after the loss of a spouse was not supported.
Recommended Citation
DeJong, Thomas N., "A Comparison of Depression in Males and Females After the Loss of a Spouse" (1996). Theses. 643.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/643
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