coping style for girls, but not for boys. This finding indicated that both the boys and girls in the study were already conscious of their gender roles. Most significantly, these three studies confirmed the impact of socialization of gender role expectations on girls in their mid-adolescence, which could hamper their ability to cope with the effects of depression effectively.
Although Broderick and Korteland's (2002) work accounted for why girls from mid-adolescence onwards exhibit difficulties in coping with depression, it do
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