'Rules' for the boys, 'guidelines' for the girls : a qualitative study of the factors influencing gender differences in symptom reporting during childhood and adolescence

This study uses qualitative methods to explore how boys’ and girls’ symptom reporting may be influenced by their perceptions of societal gender- and age-related expectations, their conceptualisations of symptoms, and the social context of symptom experiences. Twenty-five focus groups were conducted...

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Main Author: MacLean, F. Alice
Published: University of Glasgow 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.513166