Saint James College Seminary
Study: Men's stress ebbs away while sitting on couch with a
beer IF they can see their wives working in the kitchen or
cleaning. (This is a surprise???!!!)
beer IF they can see their wives working in the kitchen or
cleaning. (This is a surprise???!!!)
Men tend to be more relaxed if they can lounge
around while, within sight, their wives (or woman
significant other) is busy with housework. This
statement stems from just-published research.
But, what causes women's stress levels to drop?
around while, within sight, their wives (or woman
significant other) is busy with housework. This
statement stems from just-published research.
But, what causes women's stress levels to drop?
Studying double wage-earners, a research team
from UCLA's now-closed Center for the Everyday
Lives of Families measured levels of the stress
hormone, cortisol, specifically focusing on
housework at the end of the day.
Assuming that both husband and wife were
stressed after a day of work, men's cortisol levels
dropped as they watched their wives doing household
chores. Measuring the busy women, however, it was
confirmed that the levels of their stress hormone did
not drop while engaged in these activities.
and pitched in getting the household chores done.
This was also true if the men set aside relaxing work
such as engaging in a hobby and helped out around
the house.
As one might expect, members of both genders failed
to experience stress reduction at the end of the work
day if they were doing housework.
Although just published, the research was actually
conducted back in the years 2004-2006. It involved
30 dual-earner Los Angeles couples. Reports just
published indicate that each of the subject couples
had at least one child, although the majority had
families that included two or three children.
The numerous reports of this study indicate that the
average age of the participating couples was 41 and
these couples had typically been married for 13-years.
The significance of these data is that they resulted
from biological testing rather than how people felt in
these situations.
The research confirmed the long-understood statistical
reality that, even though both partners in a marriage
may work outside the home, it is more usual for the
man to find solitude at home at the end of the work
day (thus being in a less-stressful environment) and
that the wife is more likely to come home and
immediately be confronted by the need to care for
children, cook, do laundries, clean and, perhaps, help
the kids with homework.
As we have noted, this process resulted in an even
greater level of stress reduction for the man, but didn't
benefit the wives' with measurable decreases in
cortisol levels.
The study is published in the current issue in the
Journal of Family Psychology.
An interesting footnote: The study demonstrated
that, in spite of living in a so-called "more
enlightened and liberated age," women still do
roughly twice as much housework as the men to
whom they are married.
from UCLA's now-closed Center for the Everyday
Lives of Families measured levels of the stress
hormone, cortisol, specifically focusing on
housework at the end of the day.
Assuming that both husband and wife were
stressed after a day of work, men's cortisol levels
dropped as they watched their wives doing household
chores. Measuring the busy women, however, it was
confirmed that the levels of their stress hormone did
not drop while engaged in these activities.
- Put down the beer and
lend a hand!
What does help women de-
stress? The study showed
that wives' stress-levels
and pitched in getting the household chores done.
This was also true if the men set aside relaxing work
such as engaging in a hobby and helped out around
the house.
As one might expect, members of both genders failed
to experience stress reduction at the end of the work
day if they were doing housework.
Although just published, the research was actually
conducted back in the years 2004-2006. It involved
30 dual-earner Los Angeles couples. Reports just
published indicate that each of the subject couples
had at least one child, although the majority had
families that included two or three children.
The numerous reports of this study indicate that the
average age of the participating couples was 41 and
these couples had typically been married for 13-years.
The significance of these data is that they resulted
from biological testing rather than how people felt in
these situations.
The research confirmed the long-understood statistical
reality that, even though both partners in a marriage
may work outside the home, it is more usual for the
man to find solitude at home at the end of the work
day (thus being in a less-stressful environment) and
that the wife is more likely to come home and
immediately be confronted by the need to care for
children, cook, do laundries, clean and, perhaps, help
the kids with homework.
As we have noted, this process resulted in an even
greater level of stress reduction for the man, but didn't
benefit the wives' with measurable decreases in
cortisol levels.
The study is published in the current issue in the
Journal of Family Psychology.
An interesting footnote: The study demonstrated
that, in spite of living in a so-called "more
enlightened and liberated age," women still do
roughly twice as much housework as the men to
whom they are married.
We are issuing an invitation to student,
graduate, and career scholars to submit
papers pertaining to the means by which
individuals reduce stress in their lives.
We encourage the submission of papers
addressing individual stress-reduction
techniques ranging from pharmaceutical,
to psychotherapy, to physical exercise, to
swimming, reading, going to the beach,
etc. We have no pre-conceived
parameters but are, rather, interested in
gathering actual contemporary practices
that self-disclosed stressed women and
men
utilize
in order
to "feel
calmer."
We are
also interested in research that explores
the boundaries of what is defined as
being stress as well as what is construed
as relief from stress.
Issues of both acute and chronic stress
are also open for discussion.
We also invite papers that focus on
various technologies that may be
employed for mitigating stress such as
bio-feedback, alpha state-inducing music
or, perhaps,prayer and/or meditation.
The college is also interested in papers
or abstracts addressing the combining or
dovetailing of stress-reduction techniques.
Individuals or groups who wish to submit
independent research exploring solitary
or clusters of techniques are welcome.
This project aims to encourage ongoing
appraisal of individuals personal concept
of stress as well as their attempts to
mitigate it and its effects.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
Proposals must be submitted via email
attachments addressed to
admin@saintjamescollege.org.
PDF documents are permitted, however,
Word documents are the preferred
means of submission.
Proposals should be in the range of 250
words, double-spaced, and with a
two-inch margin to provide space for
evaluators' notations.
Successful submissions will be
published online with full credit to their
authors. Research authors may also be
invited to present their papers before a
live audience in Orlando, Florida.
In an effort to promote original
scholarship, we ask that proposals and
abstracts not be concurrently submitted
for consideration at another college,
university, or conference venue..
| YOU ARE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR NEW RESEARCH: Please note the Call for Papers from our Institute for Women's Studies pertaining to individuals' personal identification and treatment of stress. DETAILS TOP OF RIGHT HAND COLUMN. |
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