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STRESS PT 3 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 39 female psychology students , had to perform a difficult mental task whilst having their physiological state monitored (half did the mental task by themselves and the other half did it with a close friend with them and the close friend was instructed to touch the student on the wrist whenever they felt they were getting stressed) they were also instructed to complete a questionare on mood and personality
      - FINDINGS - person with a friend showed less physiological reactions, more prevalent in Type A personailities, suggests social support is important but also might be determined by the type of personality someone has
      - AO3 - gynocentric
- - - - he accessed gender differences in stress and coping with 3000 Spanish men and women/ rated stressful life events as negative and felt less in control compared to men
      - Found women used more emotionally focussed strategies and men use very emotionally avoidant strategies
    - - women are more likely to receive social support than men which could be why men dont cope with stress that way
    - - accessed male and female undergrads over an 8 week period, found there were actually no gender differences when they coped with stress. could suggest when they are faced with the same stresses they dont show differences in the way they cope with it