Gender Differences In Response To Stress Essay
Discussion
In an attempt to investigate the effects that gender has upon how the body reacts to a stressor, an experiment was performed that measured all five dependent variables.
It was found that all 5 dependent variables increased in both genders in response to stress as previously stated by Wüst, S., Hellhammer, D (1992) & Al’Absi et al (1997). The results showed that females had a significant increase SR, DiaBP and HR, furthermore the results show that males had higher cortisol levels and SBP, this data supports the hypotheses besides the higher increase in SBP in females.
The results in table 1 and figure 1 show that females have higher SR ratings at both baseline and after the stressor was induced, consistent with Xu et al (2015) who …show more content…
However, this experiment has some methodological limitations that could potentially limit generalisation to the broader population. Many factors were not investigated during participant selection such as smoking status, menstrual cycle, age and ethnicity. The sample taken was a convenient sample, which is regularly not representative of the population and often biased. For the results to be further generalised these implications might need to be addressed.
This experiment is relevant to the field as it is important to know how different sexes perceive and respond to stress, understanding the neuroendocrine basis to stress will allow for more gender-specific treatments of stress-induced mental illnesses and possibly allow for higher rates of successful
In an attempt to investigate the effects that gender has upon how the body reacts to a stressor, an experiment was performed that measured all five dependent variables.
It was found that all 5 dependent variables increased in both genders in response to stress as previously stated by Wüst, S., Hellhammer, D (1992) & Al’Absi et al (1997). The results showed that females had a significant increase SR, DiaBP and HR, furthermore the results show that males had higher cortisol levels and SBP, this data supports the hypotheses besides the higher increase in SBP in females.
The results in table 1 and figure 1 show that females have higher SR ratings at both baseline and after the stressor was induced, consistent with Xu et al (2015) who …show more content…
However, this experiment has some methodological limitations that could potentially limit generalisation to the broader population. Many factors were not investigated during participant selection such as smoking status, menstrual cycle, age and ethnicity. The sample taken was a convenient sample, which is regularly not representative of the population and often biased. For the results to be further generalised these implications might need to be addressed.
This experiment is relevant to the field as it is important to know how different sexes perceive and respond to stress, understanding the neuroendocrine basis to stress will allow for more gender-specific treatments of stress-induced mental illnesses and possibly allow for higher rates of successful