Faculty of Sports Sciences, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Tajo Street, s/n, 28670 Madrid, Spain.
Sport Science Faculty, Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
Biomed Res Int. 2020 Dec 21;2020:6687358. doi: 10.1155/2020/6687358. eCollection 2020.
The aim of the present study was to analyse the gender differences in stress-related factors of university professors. A cross-sectional study was carried out, where gender differences in psychological, nutrition, physical activity, and oral health stress-related factors were analysed in 470 Spanish university professors (58.7% male and 41.3% female, 42.1 ± 9.2 years) through a compendium of questionnaires. The results showed how females presented significantly ( ≤ 0.05) higher scores than males in perceived stress (females: 22.15 ± 4.40 vs. males: 19.69 ± 3.61), emotional exhaustion (females: 20.86 ± 9.51 vs. males: 16.44 ± 9.12), and neuroticism (females: 5.53 ± 1.97 vs. males: 4.77 ± 1.96). These results may be related to higher probabilities to suffer the burnout syndrome, showing possible physical symptoms of this psychological disorder such as dry mouth and gastritis or heartburn. We concluded that female professors presented higher burnout perceived stress, emotional exhaustion, and neuroticism levels than males. Females also presented higher dry mouth, gastritis, and heartburn than males. Female professors showed healthier nutritional habits than males, presenting higher consumption of milk products and fruit per day, a higher number of meals, and less eating between hours and fried food consumption. Nevertheless, females consumed fewer water glasses and practised less weekly sport than male professors.
本研究旨在分析大学教授应激相关因素的性别差异。采用横断面研究方法,对 470 名西班牙大学教授(58.7%为男性,41.3%为女性,年龄 42.1±9.2 岁)的心理、营养、身体活动和口腔健康应激相关因素进行了分析。通过问卷汇编,分析了性别差异。结果表明,女性在感知压力(女性:22.15±4.40 分;男性:19.69±3.61 分)、情绪衰竭(女性:20.86±9.51 分;男性:16.44±9.12 分)和神经质(女性:5.53±1.97 分;男性:4.77±1.96 分)方面的得分显著高于男性(≤0.05)。这些结果可能与女性患倦怠综合征的概率较高有关,表现出这种心理障碍的可能身体症状,如口干和胃炎或胃灼热。我们得出结论,女性教授比男性教授表现出更高的倦怠感知压力、情绪衰竭和神经质水平。女性也比男性更容易出现口干、胃炎和胃灼热。与男性教授相比,女性教授的营养习惯更健康,每天摄入更多的奶制品和水果,用餐次数更多,进食时间间隔更短,油炸食品摄入量更少。然而,女性教授每周饮用的水更少,参加的体育活动也更少。