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This 7 page paper discusses the effect stress has on women of varying ages, and with regard to finances, and providing basic survival needs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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respond to stress is different for each of us, and is tied to our interpretation of events, and our "emotional and physiological response to them" (Goldman et al, 2005, p.
95). Our response to stress occurs in stages, and is "initiated by an assessment of the threatening nature of the stressors, which, in turn, affects psychological, behavioral and physiological responses"
(Goldman et al, 2005, p. 95). A key feature of this response process is that we make a distinction between "the nature of stressors" and the "demands imposed by those
stressors" (Goldman et al, 2005, p. 95). That is, some situations would be found threatening by almost everyone, while in other situations, the response would depend upon "individual personality, personal
experiences, resources, coping mechanisms, and available social support" (Goldman et al, 2005, p. 95). Given this, its not surprising that men and women would react differently to stress. In
fact, researchers found that stress-related disorders "are more prominent among women than among men" though there are some disagreements as to how to attribute this finding (Goldman et al, 2005,
p. 95). One study suggests that since there are "generally higher levels of morbidity among women than men," (i.e., they are sick more often), this may account for the higher
stress factor (Goldman et al, 2005, p. 95). But no matter the underlying cause, stress seems to affect more women, and because it does, Goldman suggests its important to "examine
the role of sex in the stress response" (2005, p. 95). ("Sex" here refers to gender, not to the act of reproduction). The researchers have found that women "are characterized
by a stronger association between perceived stress and physiological response than men" (Goldman et al, 2005, p. 95). There may be two reasons for this; first, among those people who
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