The Relationship of Hardiness, Gender, and Stress to Health Outcomes in Adolescents

Shepperd, James A.; Kashani, Javad H.

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6494.1991.tb00930.x

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“…Of the other results was the hardiness difference among males and females, so that the rate of hardiness in males was more than females, Which is consistent with the findings of Ahadi et al (2008), Kobasa et al (1982). With respect to the fact that women have more talent to depression (twice the men), hardiness is a resistant shield against it (Sheppard, Kashani 1999). It can be pointed that men are more involve in the internal elements in life events, while women are more involve in external elements.…”

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The Relationship of Psychological Hardiness with Work Holism

Khaledian

Hasanvand

Pour

2013

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Background and Aim: Present research intends to investigate relationship of psychological hardiness with work holism among high school teachers. Methods: The under study society includes all male and female high school teacher in Ghorveh city in the academic year 2012-2013. Using simple random sampling method, a sample size of 100 male and female teachers was selected. To collect data, Kobassa Psychological Hardiness Questionnaire and Aghabeigi Workaholics Questionnaire were employed. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (t-test and regression analysis) were used. Results: The findings indicated that there is negative and significant relationship between the variables psychological hardiness and work holism. In addition, there is association between gender and psychological hardiness and between gender and work holism, also the constituents of psychological hardiness (commitment, control and challenge) are able to predict work holism.

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The Relationship of Psychological Hardiness with Work Holism

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Pour

2013

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“…In later studies that have included female participants, inconsistent or equivocal results have been reported. Some have found that hardiness moderates the ill effects of stress on health for men, but not for women (Benishek & Lopez, 1997;Klag & Bradley, 2004;Shepperd & Kashani, 1991), while others have found similar effects for the two sexes (King, King, Fairbank, Keane, & Adams, 1998;Robitschek & Kashubeck, 1999;Rosen, Wright, Marlowe, Bartone, & Gifford, 1999).…”

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Exploring Gender Equivalence and Bias in a Measure of Psychological Hardiness

Hystad¹

2012

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One of the most pervasive criticisms found in the hardiness literature concern the question whether the construct is equally important for men and women. Using a multi-group confirmatory factor analytic approach, this question was explored from a more fundamental perspective by examining measurement equivalence across gender in a measure of hardiness, the 15-item Dispositional Resilience Scale Bartone, P. T. (1995). A short hardiness scale. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, New York.]. Although results suggested some non-equivalence related to the control subscale, follow-up analyses examining gender bias in the two non-equivalent items showed that the effect of gender was minimal. The gender effects found indicated that women had a greater tendency to endorse these items compared to men. Given the stringent criteria used to test for equivalence and minimal evidence of bias found, it is concluded that the results largely point to equivalence across gender in the DRS-15.

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“…Latif (2010) posits that the high stress nature of a call centre work environment may negatively influence individuals' career development and overall career well-being as it is a challenging environment that requires a strong sense of hardiness. Hardiness, as a collection of stress-resilient personality characteristics, functions as a flexible resource during the encounter with demanding life events (Kobasa, Maddi, & Kahn, 1982;Sheppard & Kashani, 1991). In view of this, this research aimed to explore whether Black call centre agents' gender and hardiness significantly predicted their career adaptability and whether women and men differ significantly regarding their hardiness and career adaptability.…”

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Gender and hardiness as predictors of career adaptability: an exploratory study among Black call centre agents

Coetzee

Harry

2014

South African Journal of Psychology

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The call centre career poses developmental challenges that require high levels of hardiness and career adaptability. This article explores whether call centre agents' gender and hardiness significantly and positively predicted their career adaptability, and whether women and men differed significantly regarding their hardiness and career adaptability. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a sample of 409 early-career B l a c k African call centre agents (mean age = 32 years; 66% females). Correlations, stepwise hierarchical regression analysis and the Mann-Whitney U test for significant mean differences were performed to achieve the objective of the study. The results showed that gender significantly predicted career adaptability and that the females had significantly higher levels of career adaptability than their male counterparts. A high sense of hardy control and a low tolerance for unpredictability predicted higher levels of career adaptability. In the light of the paucity of research on the hardiness and career adaptability of Black women and men in the African context, the research contributed valuable new insights that may inform career development interventions for Black call centre agents. The results of the study emphasise the importance of developing call centre agents' hardiness in order to strengthen their career adaptability. The results further indicated that the diverse strengths and growth areas of women and men in terms of developing their career adaptability must be considered in career development interventions.

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The Relationship of Hardiness, Gender, and Stress to Health Outcomes in Adolescents

Cited by 63 publications

References 34 publications

The Relationship of Psychological Hardiness with Work Holism

The Relationship of Psychological Hardiness with Work Holism

Exploring Gender Equivalence and Bias in a Measure of Psychological Hardiness

Gender and hardiness as predictors of career adaptability: an exploratory study among Black call centre agents

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