The social circumstances of anxiety and its symptoms among Anglo-Jews
Author(s)
Loewenthal, Kate Miriam
Goldblatt, Vivienne
Gorton, Tessa
Lubitsch, Guy
Bicknell, Helen
Fellowes, Deborah
Sowden, Amanda
Goldblatt, Vivienne
Gorton, Tessa
Lubitsch, Guy
Bicknell, Helen
Fellowes, Deborah
Sowden, Amanda
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Abstract
In this community study of orthodox-affiliated Jews in London the social circumstances of anxiety were examined. By contrast with previous work on women in London, danger and early adversity bore only a weak relationship with anxiety in this sample. Eventfulness had the strongest relationship with anxiety of all the circumstances examined. Women were more likely to suffer from borderline anxiety than were men, but there were no gender differences in case anxiety. Women had more eventful lives than men but this could not solely account for gender differences in anxiety. Findings suggest the importance of cultural factors in aetiology.
Topics
Haredi / Strictly Orthodox Jews Main Topic: Other Mental Health Jewish Women Gender Psychology/Psychiatry
Genre
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Original Language
Volume/Issue
46(2)
Page Number / Article Number
87-94
DOI
Link
Link to article (paywalled), The social circumstances of anxiety and its symptoms among Anglo-Jews
Bibliographic Information
The social circumstances of anxiety and its symptoms among Anglo-Jews. 1997: 87-94. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1016/S0165-0327(97)00087-6
