A shocking number of young women age 15 to 24--about 20 percent--is affected by major depression, studies show, making them more likely to attempt suicide, abuse alcohol and enter into abusive relationships.
New findings from the University of South Carolina and University of Illinois-Chicago now suggest that the reason these young women are experiencing such high rates of depression compared to their male counterparts is because they simply experience a greater number of stressful life events.
Research examined 562 8th- to 10th-graders asked to journal about their daily lives. Female subjects were shown to experience more stressors related to friends, family and romantic relationships, while boys experienced only more athletic stress. Unfortunately, girls were also found to react more strongly to these events, reporting a greater number of depressive symptoms in following stressful events.
Read more: Young adolescent girls' depression is tied to more stressful life events
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