Title
Gender Differences in Stress and Coping among Elderly Patients on Hemodialysis
Abstract
The study investigated whether gender differences in the stressor, coping strategies, and how they associate stress and copings among 875 elderly patients undergoing hemodialysis in Taiwan. Chi-square tests, MANOVA and Structural Equation Modeling were used to attain the research purposes. The results found that the women had reported higher stress in response to physical and vessel problems and higher scores in using emotion-oriented and support-seeking coping strategies, while the men reported higher stress in reproductive system functioning and higher score in using avoidance as a coping strategy. Furthermore, the results from SEM demonstrated that after controlling for patient characteristics, no statistical difference was found between the two groups with regard to their linking of stress and coping strategies.
Journal Title
Sex Roles
Volume
60
Issue/Number
1-2
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Document Type
Article
First Page
44
Last Page
56
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0360-0025
Recommended Citation
"Gender Differences in Stress and Coping among Elderly Patients on Hemodialysis" (2009). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 2360.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/2360