There are pervasive sex differences in psychological and physical well-being, many of
which can be linked to the differential socialization of men and women. Numerous studies …

This review covers four major topics. First, the authors discuss previous studies on social
support that document the content of supportive communications. Next, the discussion turns …

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 …

The theory we investigated was one of motivation. Its central focus was" motivational
intensity," or the magnitude of effort (task engagement) at a particular point in time; however …

Based on a model of interactive coping activation, we review the impact of gender in the
giving and receiving of emotion‐and problem‐focused social support. The research …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of the broader social psychological
research community, the integrative cardiovascular (CV) response analysis and the body of …

Females begin to demonstrate greater negative affective responses to stress than males in
adolescence. This may reflect the concurrent emergence of underlying differences in …

Sex differences in the response to stress contribute to sex differences in somatic,
neurological, and psychiatric diseases. Despite a growing literature on the mechanisms that …

Exaggerated cardiovascular reactivity to psychological stress is a potential
pathophysiological mechanism linking behavior and cardiovascular disease. Because of the …

Two studies examined sex differences in responsiveness of the hypothalamic–pituitary–
adrenal cortical axis, a major component of the stress response. The first measured pituitary …