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What is the aim?

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to see whether androgyny was associated with positive mental health in both normal and psychiatric populations

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Why is this study important?

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researchers were interested in investigating the link between androgyny and mental health

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What were the participants?

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106 females and 84 male undergraduates

48 female and 48 male psychiatry inpatients

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What were all participants administered?

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the BSRI and the Faschingbauer Abbreviated Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

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Findings for females?

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androgynous females scored lower for depression than feminine females - in college sample they scored lower on schizophrenia than masculine females

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Findings from hospitalised male sample?

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androgynous/masculine participants significantly less deviant than feminine males

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What did they conclude?

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being androgynous is positively correlated with good mental health

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What do the results indicate?

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that sex-role conformity may relate differently to personality development for males and females

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