Gender differences in a resources-demands model in the general population
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Gender differences in a resources-demands model in the general population. / Kocalevent, Rüya-Daniela; Klapp, Burghard F; Albani, Cornelia; Brähler, Elmar.
In: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol. 14, 01.01.2014, p. 902.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Gender differences in a resources-demands model in the general population
AU - Kocalevent, Rüya-Daniela
AU - Klapp, Burghard F
AU - Albani, Cornelia
AU - Brähler, Elmar
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - BACKGROUND: The population-based study examined postulated effects, derived from a resources-demands-model about gender-related aspects of self-efficacy, optimism, chronic stress, and exhaustion.METHODS: Data acquisition was carried out by a market research institute with a multi-topic questionnaire in the general population (N = 2,552). Instruments administered were the Questionnaire for Self-Efficacy and Optimism, the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress, and the Chalder-Fatigue-Scale. Households and target persons were selected randomly. The analyses focused on structural equation modeling.RESULTS: There were significant differences in structural relations among the resource paths. In particular, significant gender differences were found with respect to self-efficacy, and among the exhaustion paths, namely in the mental dimension of exhaustion. The observed measures of chronic stress were found to be operating equivalently for both genders. Results suggest that resources play an important role in the understanding of how chronic stress is preceded and may lead to exhaustion in both genders.CONCLUSION: Personal resources seem to be more expressed by men than by woman, for whom the relation of resources to health is of greater importance than for men.
AB - BACKGROUND: The population-based study examined postulated effects, derived from a resources-demands-model about gender-related aspects of self-efficacy, optimism, chronic stress, and exhaustion.METHODS: Data acquisition was carried out by a market research institute with a multi-topic questionnaire in the general population (N = 2,552). Instruments administered were the Questionnaire for Self-Efficacy and Optimism, the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress, and the Chalder-Fatigue-Scale. Households and target persons were selected randomly. The analyses focused on structural equation modeling.RESULTS: There were significant differences in structural relations among the resource paths. In particular, significant gender differences were found with respect to self-efficacy, and among the exhaustion paths, namely in the mental dimension of exhaustion. The observed measures of chronic stress were found to be operating equivalently for both genders. Results suggest that resources play an important role in the understanding of how chronic stress is preceded and may lead to exhaustion in both genders.CONCLUSION: Personal resources seem to be more expressed by men than by woman, for whom the relation of resources to health is of greater importance than for men.
U2 - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-902
DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-902
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 25178159
VL - 14
SP - 902
JO - BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
JF - BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
SN - 1471-2458
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