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Gender roles and traits in stress and health

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Mayor, Eric·2015·Frontiers in Psychology
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00779PMC PMC4460297
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Women have a life-expectancy advantage over men, but a marked disadvantage with regards to morbidity. This is known as the female-male health-survival paradox in disciplines such as medicine, medical sociology, and epidemiology. Individual differences in physical and mental health are further notably explained by the degree of stress individuals endure, with women being more affected by stressors than men. Here, we briefly examine the literature on women's disadvantage in health and stress. Beyond biological considerations, we follow with socio-cognitive explanations of gender differences in health and stress. We show that gender roles and traits (masculinity in particular) explain part of the gender differences in stress, notably cognitive appraisal and coping. Stress in turn degrades health. Implications are discussed. In conclusion, traditional socialization is advantageous for men in terms of health.

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  • With regard to expected gender roles in society, women are more likely to suffer from mental health problems, particularly stress and anxiety.

    “These findings offer further evidence that traditional socialization appears to be more advantageous for men in terms of health, whereas with regard to the expected gender roles in society, women are more likely to suffer from mental health problems, particularly stress and anxiety. 78”

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Mayor, E.
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2015-06-09
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779-779
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1664-1078 (ISSN-L)
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10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00779
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PMC4460297
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Keywords
gender differences in health, gender roles, masculinity, stress, women's health, life expectancy, morbidity, cognitive appraisal, coping, gender socialization

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