Marital dissolution and health: do males or females have greater risk?
Marital dissolution and health: do males or females have greater risk?
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婚姻破裂与健康：男性或女性的风险更大吗？
DOI：
10.1016/0277-9536(85)90401-0
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发表时间：
1985
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Naomi Gerstel
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作者：
C. Riessman;Naomi Gerstel
尽管研究表明，婚姻保护健康，但一些人认为，它对男性的保护大于对女性的保护。本文通过对分居和离婚者这一特殊案例的考察来探讨这一论点。如果男性从婚姻中受益，那么当婚姻结束时，他们应该会有更大的健康风险。通过检查发病率、死亡率和心理健康方面的数据，我们使用比率分析来比较男性和女性。这些发现并不支持婚姻解体对男性的影响大于对女性的预测。相反，它是健康问题的类型、严重程度和最大风险的阶段，因性别而异。男性有更多的严重健康问题，包括死亡率和各种类型的住院治疗。女性有更多不太严重的健康和心理健康问题。男性和女性的不同之处在于分居或离婚是否与更大的风险有关。我们推测与性别相关的经历可以解释这些差异。
Although research shows that marriage protects health, some argue that it protects men more than women. The paper explores this argument by examining the special case of the separated and divorced. If men benefit from marriage, then they should have greater health risk when marriage ends. Examining data on morbidity, mortality and mental health, we use ratio analysis to compare males and females. The findings do not provide consistent support for the prediction that marital dissolution has a greater effect on men than on women. Rather, it is type of health problem, severity and stage of greatest risk that varies by gender. Men have more of the severe health problems including mortality and hospitalization of all types. Women have more of the less severe health and mental health problems. Men and women differ in whether separation or divorce is associated with greater risk. We speculate about gender-linked experiences to explain these differences.