Department of Urban Public Health and Nutrition, 6554La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Psychol Rep. 2021 Aug;124(4):1481-1501. doi: 10.1177/0033294120939844. Epub 2020 Jul 7.
Research suggests that gender differences exist in both stress and how social support is utilized and that the relationship between stress and social support may not be linear.
An internet survey of n = 1080 participants was conducted evaluating quality and quantity of social support, gender, age, and perceived stress and coping.
Reported quality of social support, gender, and age significantly predicted perceived stress and that there was a curvilinear interaction between the quality of social support and gender which significantly predicted perceived stress.
The current findings supported Taylor's Tend and Befriend theory that females have higher reported stress levels, a larger support network, and report more quality in their social support.Practitioner points: • Males and females may manifest stress differently in their relationships. • When working with males and females in practice it may be important to understand the depth and bredth of their social networks and how they utilize those networks. • • It is important to understand that one's social network can be an important source of support (a coping mechanism) but that it can also serve as a stressor in some cases.
研究表明，压力和社会支持的利用方式方面存在性别差异，且压力与社会支持之间的关系可能并非线性关系。
通过互联网对 1080 名参与者进行了一项调查，评估了社会支持的质量和数量、性别、年龄以及感知压力和应对方式。
报告的社会支持质量、性别和年龄显著预测了感知压力，社会支持质量和性别之间存在曲线交互作用，这显著预测了感知压力。
目前的研究结果支持泰勒的“倾向和交友”理论，即女性的报告压力水平更高，支持网络更大，社会支持的质量更高。
男性和女性在人际关系中可能表现出不同的压力。
在实践中与男性和女性一起工作时，了解他们的社交网络的深度和广度以及他们如何利用这些网络可能很重要。
重要的是要明白，一个人的社交网络可以是一个重要的支持来源（应对机制），但在某些情况下也可能成为压力源。
