TY  - JOUR
ID  - heidok19828
AV  - public
SN  - 1070-5503
SP  - 1
CY  - New York, NY
KW  - cardiovascular reactivity
KW  -  gender role self-concept
KW  -  instrumentality
KW  -  psychosocial stress
N2  - This study investigated the relation of gender role self-concept (G-SC) to cardiovascular
and emotional reactions to an ecologically relevant stressor in a sample of
graduating male and female university students. Thirty-seven men and 37 women
completed the Personal Attribute Questionnaire and worked on four tasks designed to
reflect common features of a job interview. Blood pressure and heart rate were measured
at baseline, during, and after each task; subjective stress was measured at baseline
and after each task. Subjective and objective stress scores were averaged across
tasks and analyzed by sex and G-SC (i.e., instrumentality, expressiveness). Results indicated
that women as a group demonstrated greater emotional reactivity, but did not
differ in their physiological reactions when compared to men. Regardless of sex, participants?
instrumentality scores contributed significantly to the variation in subjective
stress response: those scoring high on instrumentality reported less stress, but evidenced
greater blood pressure reactivity than those scoring low on instrumentality.
These results suggest that gender roles, particularly an instrumental self-concept,
may play an important role in both subjective and objective reactions to an ecologically
relevant stressor.
A1  - Sieverding, Monika
A1  - Weidner, Gerdi
A1  - von Volkmann, Bettina
IS  - 1
Y1  - 2005/03//
JF  - International journal of behavioral medicine : the official journal of the International Society of Behavioral Medicine
TI  - Cardiovascular reactivity in a simulated job interview: the role of gender role self-concept
VL  - 12
EP  - 10
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1207/s15327558ijbm1201_1
PB  - Springer
ER  -