"Mental health and gender: Stress agender"
Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2008-09-02 04:21
Article here. Excerpt:
'...New research shows that women are more likely to be stressed by workplace relationships while men are more affected by change and workload.
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The findings, based upon a study of just over 900 respondents, seem to support psychologists' theories based on studying behaviour and hormone release in the genders, which suggest that stressed men are likely to become aggressive, while women resort to gossip and bitching*.
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Work relationships appear as the primary stress factor demonstrating the largest difference between the genders, with 42% of females citing relationship difficulties at work, compared to 8% of males...'
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*Yes, that's what the article says. I didn't just add it for amusement. :)
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