Gender differences in coping styles or just individual differences in the stress appraisal process
Year: 2013
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine gender differences in coping strategies and to see if \nany differences were due to the appraisal process. One hundred participants from a sample of \nconvenience using the snowball effect were surveyed over the internet on survey monkey. An \nadditional 22 participants came from the Dublin fire brigade. Perceived stress, optimism, \nproblem based coping, emotional based coping and maladaptive coping were measured. \nWomen reported significantly higher levels of perceived stress, higher levels of emotional \nbased coping and maladaptive coping. Perceived stress was found to be a strong predictor of \nmaladaptive coping strategies and men were found to have a stronger correlation between \nperceived stress and maladaptive coping.
Source: eSource (Dublin Business School)
Author: Andy Carpenter
Language: English
Topic: Stress and Burnout Research
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1587190976