Year
2011
Paper Type
Master's Thesis
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Name
Master of Arts in General Psychology (MAGP)
Department
Psychology
Committee Chairperson
Dr. G. Ybarra
Second Advisor
Dr. L. Lange
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Abstract
This investigation explored gender differences and relations among facets of adult stress measured by self-reported cognitive, emotional, and continuous psychophysiological responses to child and non-child stressors. The 46 male and 47 female participants displayed increased heart rate (HR) while watching a video of a happy infant and a decreased HR (associated with increased attentiveness) during a crying infant video. During a cold pressor task, males' HR increased while females revealed a contrary decline in HR. No differences between hyperactive and non-hyperreactive participants were found regarding hypothetical parenting plans or self-reported emotionality. Findings suggest more gender similarity than dissimilarity, possibly due to the evolving nature of parenting (i.e., males and females sharing increasingly analogous parenting roles).
Suggested Citation
Kovar, Meghan Michelle, "Gender Differences of Multimodal Responses to Child and Non-Child Stressors" (2011). UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 91.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/91
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