Femininity, Depression and Stress in College Women

Brazelton, Elizabeth W.; Greene, Katherine S.; Gynther, Malcolm D.

doi:10.2224/sbp.1996.24.4.329

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“…We propose that masculinity may be a protective factor against depressive reactivity to relationship distress. Masculinity predicts less depression and dysphoria in the face of various types of life stress (Brazelton, Greene, & Gynther, 1996; Nezu, Nezu, & Peterson, 1986), perhaps because highly masculine individuals tend to engage in more active and problem‐focused (vs. emotion‐focused and ruminative) coping strategies in response to stressful situations (Conway, Giannopoulos, & Stiefenhofer, 1990; Lengua & Stormshak, 2000). These characteristic responses are likely to decrease risk for depression according to behavioral, cognitive, and gender‐based theories of depression (e.g., Abramson, Seligman, & Teasdale, 1978; Beck et al, 1979; Nolen‐Hoeksema, 1987).…”

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Women’s weekly relationship functioning and depressive symptoms

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Stanley

Markman

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Personal Relationships

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In an exploration of the links between relationship quality and depression, the extent to which women’s weekly reports of depressive symptoms vary as a function of same‐week relationship functioning was tested. A sample of 161 married or cohabiting U.S. women completed measures of relationship functioning, mood, and depressive symptoms weekly for 12 weeks. In a series of hierarchical linear models, results of within‐subject analyses indicated that depressive symptoms were negatively associated with same‐week relationship functioning. Weekly fluctuations in mood did not account for these associations. Results of between‐subjects analyses suggested that women low in stereotypical masculinity and in relationships of shorter duration are particularly likely to show increased depressive symptoms during weeks when they experience poorer relationship functioning than usual.

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Women’s weekly relationship functioning and depressive symptoms

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“…En cuanto al estrés, se encontró que las mujeres con escolaridad de licenciatura o más tuvieron mayor puntaje en acontecimientos productores de estrés. Es viable pensar que, entre más preparación tenga una mujer, realiza un mayor número de actividades y tiene más posibilidades de incorporarse a la fuerza laboral; esto duplica las tareas que realiza y la presión a la que se ve sometida por cuestiones laborales (Allen, Coyne, Huntoon, 1998;Brazelton, Greene, Gynther, 1996y Vélez Bautista, 2001.…”

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Niveles de Depresión, Autoestima y Estrés en Mujeres que tienen un Trabajo Remunerado y Mujeres que tienen un Trabajo no Remunerado (amas de casa)

López

Garcia

2007

Psicología Iberoamericana

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El objetivo de esta investigación fue estudiar dos grupos de mujeres: aquéllas que tienen trabajo remunerado y aquéllas que tienen trabajo no remunerado, para conocer las diferencias respecto a la depresión, autoestima y estrés. Se trabajó con una muestra conformada por 444 mujeres de la ciudad de Toluca. De los resultados más relevantes podemos mencionar los siguientes: Existe una diferencia en cuanto a la depresión entre las mujeres con trabajo remunerado y las mujeres con trabajo no remunerado; con relación al estrés, el grupo más vulnerable fue el de las mujeres de 42 a 47 años de nivel socioeconómico alto y con una escolaridad de licenciatura o más. Las mujeres con más baja autoestima fueron aquellas de 48 a 53 años.

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“…One concern is that femininity and masculinity are multifaceted and cannot be fully captured by a single trait dimension—such as expressive or agentic personality traits. Moreover, measures based on the traits perspective (e.g., the BSRI, PAQ) tend to focus on positive feminine traits, making it difficult to consistently establish a correlation with psychological problems (Brazelton, Greene, & Gynther, 1996). Other concerns are related to the diversity of the samples.…”

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Toward a Constructionist Perspective of Examining Femininity Experience

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Wong

Wang

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Psychology of Women Quarterly

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The social constructionist perspective has become a useful framework for understanding women’s psychological experiences. However, tools for examining how women construct meanings of their experiences as female in relevant social situations remain limited. Over two studies, our article describes the development and psychometric properties of the Subjective Femininity Stress Scale (SFSS), which assesses women’s stress associated with their subjective experiences of being female. Participants (N = 468) described their personal experiences of what it means to be a woman by completing the sentence “As a woman…” 10 times; participants then rated how often each of the femininity experiences was stressful for them. Participants’ qualitative responses were coded based on 20 dimensions of femininity experiences, and their relationships with SFSS scores were examined. Study 1 provided evidence for test–retest reliability, convergent, and discriminant validity of the SFSS. Study 2 demonstrated concurrent and incremental validity of the SFSS. Several dimensions of femininity experiences were significantly correlated with women’s stress appraisal. The open-ended nature of the SFSS is easy to administer in clinical and organizational settings. The dual qualitative/quantitative aspects of the SFSS enable clients to create personally relevant meanings for their femininity experiences while also providing a stress index for exploring links with health outcomes.

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Femininity, Depression and Stress in College Women

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Women’s weekly relationship functioning and depressive symptoms

Women’s weekly relationship functioning and depressive symptoms

Niveles de Depresión, Autoestima y Estrés en Mujeres que tienen un Trabajo Remunerado y Mujeres que tienen un Trabajo no Remunerado (amas de casa)

Toward a Constructionist Perspective of Examining Femininity Experience

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