Life-stress and reactivity by gender in a longitudinal birth cohort at 30 and 35 years Geraldine F.H. McLeod, L. J. Horwood, D.M. Fergusson and J.M. Boden
By: McLeod, Geraldine F.H.
Contributor(s): Horwood, Leonard John | Fergusson, David M | Boden, Joseph M.
Material type: ArticleSeries: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.Publisher: Springer, 2016Subject(s): SEXUAL VIOLENCE | Christchurch Health and Development Study | HEALTH | INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS | LONGITUDINAL STUDIES | MEN | PARENTING | PHYSICAL ABUSE | PREGNANCY | STRESS | VICTIMS OF CRIMES | WOMEN | NEW ZEALANDOnline resources: Read abstract In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2016, 51(10): 385–1394Summary: Previous literature has shown gender differences in reactivity to stressful life events. However, it is unclear whether gender differences in stress reactivity are consistent across a series of life event domains among longitudinal adult sample populations. Data were gathered from the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS). Cohort members were questioned on their experience of, and distress from, a series of life event domains (interpersonal problems; victimization; illness/death; pregnancy/parenthood; employment/finance problems) spanning two age-periods 25–30 years (data collected in 2007) and 30–35 years (data collected in 2012). (From the authors' abstract). Record #5414Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2016, 51(10): 385–1394
Previous literature has shown gender differences in reactivity to stressful life events. However, it is unclear whether gender differences in stress reactivity are consistent across a series of life event domains among longitudinal adult sample populations.
Data were gathered from the Christchurch Health and Development Study (CHDS). Cohort members were questioned on their experience of, and distress from, a series of life event domains (interpersonal problems; victimization; illness/death; pregnancy/parenthood; employment/finance problems) spanning two age-periods 25–30 years (data collected in 2007) and 30–35 years (data collected in 2012). (From the authors' abstract). Record #5414