High sex ratios in rural China: declining well-being with age in never-married men
High sex ratios in rural China: declining well-being with age in never-married men
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中国农村的高性别比：未婚男性的幸福感随着年龄的增长而下降
DOI：
10.1098/rstb.2016.0324
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发表时间：
2017-07
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Hesketh Therese
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作者：
Zhou Xudong;Hesketh Therese
在中国农村的部分地区，出生时男性偏见的性别比例，再加上女性的外流，导致了高度男性偏见的成年性别比，导致大量男性无法结婚，在结婚和生育是一种预期的文化中。这项研究的目的是检验这样的假设，即年龄较大的未婚男性比已婚男性以及年轻和未婚男性更容易抑郁、自卑和攻击性强。在贵州省中国西南部农村的48个村庄，20-40岁的男性接受了自我完成问卷调查。使用的工具包括贝克抑郁量表、罗森博格自尊量表和布莱恩特-史密斯攻击性问卷。回归模型评估了心理健康状况，同时对社会人口变量进行了调整。957名未婚男性、30-40岁已婚男性、394名有伴侣的男性和382名20-29岁的未结婚男性接受了完整的问卷调查。在调整了社会人口变量后，未婚男性更容易抑郁(p<；0.05)、攻击性(p<；0.01)、缺乏自尊(p<；0.05)和自杀倾向(p<；0.001)。未婚男性的所有心理指标都随着年龄的增长而恶化。相比之下，已婚男性在这些维度上随着年龄的增长保持稳定。在一个婚姻是一种期望的社会里，未婚男性在心理上是一个非常脆弱的群体。由于出生性别比最高的人群尚未达到生育年龄，这些男性的社会悲剧将至少再持续一代人。这篇文章是《成人性别比例和生育决定：人类和动物社会性别差异的批判性重新审视》主题的一部分。
In parts of rural China male-biased sex ratios at birth, combined with out-migration of women, have led to highly male-biased adult sex ratios, resulting in large numbers of men being unable to marry, in a culture where marriage and reproduction are an expectation. The aim of this study was to test the hypotheses that older unmarried men are more predisposed to depression, low self-esteem and aggression than both those who are married, and those who are younger and unmarried. Self-completion questionnaires were administered among men aged 20–40 in 48 villages in rural Guizhou province, southwestern China. Tools used included the Beck Depression Inventory, the Rosenberg's Self-esteem Scale and the Bryant-Smith Aggression Questionnaire. Regression models assessed psychological wellbeing while adjusting for socio-demographic variables. Completed questionnaires were obtained from 957 never-married men, 535 married men aged 30–40, 394 partnered men and 382 unpartnered men aged 20–29. After adjusting for socio-demographic variables, never-married men were more predisposed to depression (p < 0.05), aggression (p < 0.01), low self-esteem (p < 0.05) and suicidal tendencies (p < 0.001). All the psychological measures deteriorated with age in never-married men. In contrast, married men remained stable on these dimensions with age. Never-married men are a psychologically highly vulnerable group in a society where marriage is an expectation. Since the highest birth sex–ratio cohorts have not yet reached reproductive age, the social tragedy of these men will last for at least another generation. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Adult sex ratios and reproductive decisions: a critical re-examination of sex differences in human and animal societies’.
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