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Gender Matters: Stress
The document discusses the differences in stress exposure and responses between men and women, highlighting that women experience more childhood trauma and adult stress while responding with empathy and help-seeking behaviors. In contrast, men tend to exhibit aggressive behaviors and socially withdraw in response to stress. The effects of stress on health, particularly hypertension and body mass index changes, are also examined in relation to marital quality.
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Introduces the significance of gender in understanding stress exposure, response, and health effects.
Highlights that women experience more childhood trauma and stress, reflecting differences in stress across genders.
Explores contrasting stress responses; men tend to fight or flee, while women exhibit tend-and-befriend behaviors.
Discusses how marital stress influences hypertension odds in women based on research data.
Analyzes the relationship between childhood stress, adulthood stress, and body mass index trajectories for women.
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- 1. Gender Matters: Stress HuiLiu, Department of Sociology February 26, 2016
- 2. Gender Matters: Stress HuiLiu, Department of Sociology • Men and women are different in exposure to stress. • Men and women respond differently to stress. • The effects of stress on health are different for men and women.
- 3. Gender and Exposureto Stress • Women are more likely than men to experience childhood trauma and also suffer higher levels of childhood stress (Lee, Tsenkova, & Carr 2014; Liu & Umberson 2015) • Women tend to report higher levels of stress than do men in multiple domains of adulthood life (APA 2006; NIMH 2001).
- 4. Gender and StressResponse Men: “fight or flight” Aggressive behaviors Smoke Drink alcohol Socially withdraw Women: “tend and befriend” Become more empathetic Seek network help Protect self and offspring Overeat
- 5. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Controlled Hypertension Undiagnosed Hypertension Uncontrolled Hypertension Decrease in NMEW1-W2 Stable NME W1-W2 Increase in NME W1-W2 Effects of Marital Stress on Hypertension, Women PredictedOddsofHypertensionW2 Source: Liu, H. and L. Waite. 2014. “Bad Marriage, Broken Heart? Age and Gender Differences in the Link between Marital Quality and Cardiovascular Risks among Older Adults.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 55: 403–423.
- 6. Path Diagram ofChildhood Stress, Adulthood Stress and BMI Trajectories, Women Baseline BMI 0.006 0.0070.016* 1.316*** -0.139 -0.003 Childhood Stress Baseline Adulthood Stress Changing Rate of Adulthood Stress Changing Rate of BMI 0.103*** -0.282***-0.013** Sources: Liu, H. and D. Umberson. 2015. “Gender, Stress in Childhood and Adulthood, and Trajectories of Change in Body Mass.” Social Science & Medicine 139: 61-69.