This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Ptacek, J. T. Articles by Dodge, K. L. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Ptacek, J. T. Articles by Dodge, K. L. Social Bookmarking                   What's this?

Gender Differences in Coping with Stress: When Stressor and Appraisals Do Not Differ

University of Washington

Ronald E. Smith

University of Washington

Kenneth L. Dodge

Iowa State University

In an attempt to control for the effects of event type on sex differences in coping, men and women responded to an identical achievement-related stressor under controlled laboratory conditions. Although men and women were similar in their cognitive appraisal of the situation, they nonetheless reported differences in preparatory coping. Women reported seeking social support and using emotion-focused coping to a greater extent than men, whereas men reported using relatively more problem-focused coping than women. The masculinity and femininity of respondents failed to moderate the relation between sex and coping. These results are inconsistent with a purely situational explanation of sex differences in coping but are consistent with the notion that men and women are socialized to cope with stress in different ways.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				T. M. Greer Measuring Coping Strategies Among African Americans: An Exploration of the Latent Structure of the COPE Inventory Journal of Black Psychology, August 1, 2007; 33(3): 260 - 277. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J. B. Hittner Factorial Invariance of the 13-item Sense of Coherence Scale across Gender J Health Psychol, March 1, 2007; 12(2): 273 - 280. [Abstract] [PDF]

				J. Lawrence, K. Ashford, and P. Dent Gender differences in coping strategies of undergraduate students and their impact on self-esteem and attainment Active Learning in Higher Education, November 1, 2006; 7(3): 273 - 281. [Abstract] [PDF]

				R. P. Hastings, H. Kovshoff, T. Brown, N. J. Ward, F. D. Espinosa, and B. Remington Coping strategies in mothers and fathers of preschool and school-age children with autism Autism, October 1, 2005; 9(4): 377 - 391. [Abstract] [PDF]

				M. Lindorff Determinants of received social support: Who gives what to managers? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, June 1, 2005; 22(3): 323 - 337. [Abstract] [PDF]

				L. K. Tamres, D. Janicki, and V. S. Helgeson Sex Differences in Coping Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review and an Examination of Relative Coping Personality and Social Psychology Review, February 1, 2002; 6(1): 2 - 30. [Abstract] [PDF]

				H. Hollnagel, K. Malterud, and K. Witt Men's self-assessed personal health resources: approaching patients' strong points in general practice Fam. Pract., December 1, 2000; 17(6): 529 - 534. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]