Thanks, Radical. The linguistic problem is twofold: the fact that most boys and men are somewhat verbally impaired but also the fact that the researchers themselves are usually women--at least three quarters of all psychologists are women--and therefore look for verbal cues that they expect to hear from girls and women. This is the feminization of depression (and many other problems).
good point; psychology departments are so heavily female and they tend to study college students. It’s why I’m so skeptical of their findings, but Haidt and his group did larger studies I believe.
Thanks, Radical. The linguistic problem is twofold: the fact that most boys and men are somewhat verbally impaired but also the fact that the researchers themselves are usually women--at least three quarters of all psychologists are women--and therefore look for verbal cues that they expect to hear from girls and women. This is the feminization of depression (and many other problems).
good point; psychology departments are so heavily female and they tend to study college students. It’s why I’m so skeptical of their findings, but Haidt and his group did larger studies I believe.