the contribution of symptom perception theory
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Social Science and Medicine
- Magazine Year
- 1997
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Gijsbers van Wijk, Cecile
- Creator
- Kolk, Annemarie
- Shelfmark
- map: Lichamelijke gezondheid 1997
- Thesaurus
- sekse, man vrouw verschillen, gezondheid
- Description
- Proposal of a number of explanations for sex differences in symptom reporting, with women having the higher rates. The female excess of physical symptoms is independent from the symptom measure. The authors also discuss the explanations for sex differences in physical symptoms.