Gender differences in <scp>COVID‐19</scp>‐related stress and relationships with life satisfaction among financial advisors

Tharp, Derek T.; Parks‐Stamm, Elizabeth J.; Kitces, Michael; Lurtz, Meghaan

doi:10.1002/cfp2.1129

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“…Our results demonstrated that patients have high to very high levels of stress, which are associated with a strong positive correlation with salivary biomarkers. We found no statistical dependence of stress level on age, gender, or diagnosis, despite data reported from global surveys where higher levels of stress were associated with younger age and female gender ( 9 , 46 ). Rather, these differences may be due not so much to gender and age as to the influence of other environmental factors—socioeconomic, professional and/or family responsibilities, education, and others.…”

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Salivary mental stress biomarkers in COVID-19 patients

2022

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BackgroundDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health disorders and level of stress show a major increase compared to before the pandemic. Coronavirus-related stress is recently the leading cause of negative impacts on global mental health. Thus, maintaining positive mental health is as important as maintaining physical health during COVID-19. The aim of this study was to analyze salivary mental stress biomarkers as cortisol, alpha-amylase, and chromogranin A in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 to compare their potential relationship with stress symptoms.Material and methodsA total of 80 adult hospitalized patients with moderate COVID-19 disease and a control group (n = 80) randomly selected were conducted as participants. Saliva cortisol (sCort), saliva alpha-amylase (sAA), and saliva and chromogranin A (sCgA) were determined by the ELISA method (Bio Vendor, USA). Symptoms of stress were measured with a stress symptom checklist (SSCL).ResultsThe patients group presented significantly higher levels of sCort, sAA, and sCgA compared with the control group. The correlation analysis showed a positive correlation with strong strength between sCort and sAA (r = 0.934, p < 0.01), as well as sAA with sCgA (r = 0.714, p < 0.01). A moderate positive correlation was found between sCort with sCgA (r = 0.618, p < 0.05). Based on their stress scores from the SSCL the patients were associated with high stress level (30.00%) and very high stress levels (67.5%). In terms of the controls, all the participants showed a low to moderate stress level. We found significant positive correlation between levels of stress and salivary biomarkers.ConclusionData from our study demonstrated that salivary biomarkers are promising tools of exploring COVID-19 related stress.

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Salivary mental stress biomarkers in COVID-19 patients

2022

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“…According to Almeida et al (2020), Czeisler et al (2020), Pérez et al (2021), Pieh et al (2020), andSediri et al (2020), these and other functions that have been associated with the gender role have caused women to experience high levels of anxiety and stress. Although this research did not investigate whether compliance with activities attributed to the gender role was related to stress, studies and reports carried out during the first phases of the pandemic have indicated that the mental health of women has deteriorated significantly, due to the increase in work and domestic tasks they perform (Pérez et al, 2021;Rodríguez-Bermúdez et al, 2021;Tharp et al, 2021). Concerning the coping evaluation, it was found that in all the subscales the participants scored below the average, even in the positive factor positive reappraisal, this result suggests that they have an active coping not only with specific stressors but also in those that arise in the normal course of the pandemic (Capasso et al, 2021;Parisi et al, 2021;Pérez et al, 2021).…”

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“…A study carried out by Pérez et al (2021) revealed that the most frequent emotional responses in a sample of 174 Mexican women (M = 37.72 years) were anxiety and stress, 72.4% of the women requested psychological support to attend to psychosocial needs at the beginning of the Nueva Normalidad stage due to interpersonal problems and task overload. Tharp et al (2021) found that socioeconomic status and marital status are not variables that are related to stress, however, the gender role is due to the activities expected in men and women. Other studies reveal that perception of less stress is related to greater resilience and the implementation of adaptive coping styles, in addition to other variables such as educational level and the professional situation in the case of women (Abbott et al, 2021;Lindinger-Sternart et al, 2021).…”

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Knowledge about COVID-19, coping and resilience in Mexican women: comparison by stress levels

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Background: The psychosocial effects derived from the COVID-19 pandemic have represented a challenge for the population worldwide. Stress is a frequent problem reported by women, impacting the strategies they use to deal with problems in daily life and their ability to recover from this critical phenomenon. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between stress levels, knowledge about COVID -19, ways of coping, and resilience in women. Method: A non-experimental, cross-sectional, and correlational study was carried out in a group of 386 Mexican women through a format that was distributed on social networks. Results: The data suggest that the higher the level of knowledge about COVID-19, the greater the perceived stress. High stress is positively and statistically significantly related to coping style, denial (r = .245; q = .20) and cognitive-reflective analysis (r = .303; q= .21). Low levels of stress are negatively and statistically significantly associated with a weak effect size with factors like social competence (r= -.198; q= .11) and family support (r = -. 227; q = .16). Conclusion: Stress affects women considerably due to work overload and interpersonal factors. This study offers the possibility of knowing the emotional state of women in times of COVID-19.

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“…Research on COVID-19 pandemic revealed that women have experienced greater stress (Mazza et al, 2020 ) and increased domestic responsibilities (Andrew et al, 2020 ) compared to men since the onset of the COVID‐19 (Mazza et al, 2020 ). Some studies indicated that COVID‐19‐related stress was a significant predictor of life satisfaction for women but not men (e.g., Tharp et al, 2021 ). Past studies showed that women reported higher levels of extradyadic stress from daily hassles and intradyadic stress from relationship problems as well more symptoms of depression and anxiety (Falconier et al, 2015 ; Neff & Karney, 2005 ).…”

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Relationship Satisfaction and Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining the Associations with Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Strategies

Temiz

Elsharnouby

2022

Cogn Ther Res

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our interpersonal relationships drastically. However, few research studies have examined pandemic-induced stress and its impact on relationship quality. The current research aimed to examine COVID-19 related stress and anxiety in relation to relationship satisfaction, well-being (i.e., positive affect and life satisfaction), and interpersonal emotion regulation strategies (i.e., perspective-taking, enhancing positive affect, social modeling, and soothing), to understand the effects of pandemic-induced stress on both an individual and a relational well-being. The moderating effect of interpersonal emotion regulation strategies toward COVID-19 related stress was also examined. Methods The sample consisted of 877 married Turkish adults ( N female = 613, M age = 35.00; N male = 264, M age = 39.21). Data were analyzed with structural equation modeling, and moderation effects were tested. Results As hypothesized, structural equation modeling revealed that greater COVID-19 related stress was associated with lower well-being, and that this relationship was mediated by relationship satisfaction. Findings indicated that IER strategy of increasing positive emotions was associated with greater relationship satisfaction and well-being. Unexpectedly, interpersonal emotion regulation strategies moderated neither the relationship between COVID-19 related stress and relationship satisfaction nor the relationship between COVID-19 stress and well-being. Conclusions Our findings support the vulnerability-stress-adaptation framework and draw attention to the importance of examining the effects of COVID-19 stress and relationship satisfaction.

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Gender differences in COVID‐19‐related stress and relationships with life satisfaction among financial advisors

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

Salivary mental stress biomarkers in COVID-19 patients

Salivary mental stress biomarkers in COVID-19 patients

Knowledge about COVID-19, coping and resilience in Mexican women: comparison by stress levels

Relationship Satisfaction and Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining the Associations with Interpersonal Emotion Regulation Strategies

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