Stress and Coping of Russian Students: Do Gender and Marital Status Make a Difference?

Stress and Coping of Russian Students: Do Gender and Marital Status Make a Difference?

Academic Unit

College of Arts and Sciences

Publication Date

2020

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This study examines the triggers for stress, and the coping mechanisms, of Russian students in relation to their gender and marital status. Based on the Stress and Coping Questionnaire administered to 539 students, this study analyzes whether gender and marital status have an effect on academic and interpersonal stressors. This study found that female students are more likely to experience stress than male students and that single students are impacted by academic and interpersonal stressors to a higher degree than married students. Male students are more likely to use exercise to alleviate stress but also more likely to use smoking, than female students. Male students are more likely to agree that the use of a psychologist leads to a perception of weakness than female students. Female students are more likely to agree that support services were not a priority on campus and male students are more likely than female students to show a preference for talking to friends over a psychologist. The choice of confiding in family during periods of stress is less often the case for single students than for married students, while single students may be more likely to use alcohol to alleviate stress.

Journal Title

Journal of Gender Studies

Volume

31

Issue

4

Beginning Page Number

427

Last Page Number

443

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2020.1865139

Stress and Coping of Russian Students: Do Gender and Marital Status Make a Difference?

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