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Harm or protection? Two-sided consequences of females' susceptible responses to multiple threats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2022

Jingyuan Lin Open the ORCID record for Jingyuan Lin [Opens in a new window] ,
Pim Cuijpers Open the ORCID record for Pim Cuijpers [Opens in a new window] ,
Hong Li Open the ORCID record for Hong Li [Opens in a new window]  and
Yi Lei Open the ORCID record for Yi Lei [Opens in a new window]
Jingyuan Lin
Affiliation:
Centre for Studies of Psychological Applications; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science; Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Educational Science, Ministry of Education; School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou Guangdong, China linjingyuan921@126.com https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ImW-nwoAAAAJ Institute for Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hong-Li-67 Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands p.cuijpers@vu.nl https://www.pimcuijpers.com/blog/
Pim Cuijpers
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical, Neuro and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands p.cuijpers@vu.nl https://www.pimcuijpers.com/blog/
Hong Li*
Affiliation:
Centre for Studies of Psychological Applications; Guangdong Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science; Key Laboratory of Brain Cognition and Educational Science, Ministry of Education; School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou Guangdong, China linjingyuan921@126.com https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ImW-nwoAAAAJ Institute for Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hong-Li-67
Yi Lei*
Affiliation:
Institute for Brain and Psychological Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hong-Li-67 Center for Language and Brain, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen, China https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yi-Lei-7
*
lihong_psych@m.scnu.edu.cn (Hong Li, corresponding author)
leiyi821@vip.sina.com(Yi Lei, corresponding author)
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Abstract

The target article presented a plausible argument that females' susceptibility to threats might be self-protection for staying alive, but some evidence requires scrutiny. We need to consider (1) the biases of narrative reviews, (2) subjective life quality, and (3) the shadow side of extreme reactions to threats before concluding that females' threat-based response is a self-protection mechanism that promotes survival.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e141
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