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[From 10$/Pg] 6 649 –Debates on Stress CopingLazarus’s cognitive approach suggests that
the way you cope with stress is based on your mental process of how you interpret and
appraise a stressful situation in which the level of appraisal determines the level of stress
and the unique coping strategies used (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984). According to Lazarus,
there are specific events or stressors that influence an individual’s cognitions of an event,
known as appraisals, and your coping strategies refer to your cognitive and behavioral
efforts to master the stressful event (Franken, 2007). The primary appraisal assesses
whether the situation is threatening, and the secondary appraisal assesses how we should
cope with the stress (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984).Another most debated gender stress–
coping study has been the topic of orientation regarding gender and stress. Stress theory is
often used to explain the relationship between social disadvantage and health (Scheid &
Horwitz, 1999). Stress theory provides a useful approach to understand the relationship
between pervasive prejudice and discrimination and health outcomes, but the predictions
based on the theory need to be carefully investigated (Aneshensel & Pearlin, 1987).Another
debate on stress coping focuses on role overload. Balancing both work and family often
causes a role overload (Barnette & Gareis, 2008). Others see role stress as significant
because it explains why women experience more stressful events and strain than men.
Poverty also presents a risk for mental disorders for women; statistics show that those who
live in poverty are at least two and a half times more likely to receive a mental health
diagnosis than those who are not poor (Mossakowski, 2008).Even if women as a group are
not exposed to more stress than men, it is plausible that some subgroups of women—poor
women, black women, and single mothers—are disadvantaged in significant ways (Acker,
2000).In a 2- to 3-page analysis p aper in a Microsoft Word document, address the
following:Do women and men have different coping styles for stress? Evidence with regard
to stress and gender has been mixed for decades. Compare the coping styles for stress of
both men and women. Support your reasoning with research.Some argue that female
gender groups are more stressed than lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) persons
as a group. Some are of the opinion that lesbian and bisexual women are exposed to greater
stress than heterosexual women because of added disadvantaged sexual minority status
and that lesbian and bisexual women are exposed to greater stress than gay and bisexual
men because of their added disadvantaged gender status. On the basis of your readings,
experiences, and research, what are your findings?Submission Details:Cite all sources using
APA format on a separate pageReferences:Acker, J. (2000). Rewriting class, race, and

2. gender: Problems in feminist rethinking. In M. M. Ferre, J. Lorber, & B. B. Hess (Eds.),
Revisiting gender (pp. 3–43). Walnut Creek, CA: Altamira Press.Aneshensel, C. S., &
Pearlin, L. I. (1987). The structural contexts of sex differences in stress. In R. C. Barnett,
L. Biener L, & G. K. Baruck (Eds.), Gender and stress (pp. 75–95). New York, NY: Free
Press.Barnett, R. C., & Gareis, K. C. (2008). Community: The critical missing link
in work-family research. In A. Marcus-Newhall, D. F. Halpern, & S. J. Tan (Eds.),
Changing realities of work and family: A multidisciplinary approach (pp. 71–84).
Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.Franken, R. E. (2007). Human motivation (6th ed.). Belmont, CA:
Thomson.Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, appraisal, and coping. New York,
NY: Springer.Mossakowski, K. (2008). Dissecting the influence of race, ethnicity,
and socioeconomic status on mental health in young adulthood. Research
on Aging, 30(6), 649–671.Scheid, T. L., & Horwitz, A. V. (1999). The social context of
mental health and illness. In A. F. Horwitz & T. L. Scheid (Eds.), A handbook for the
study of mental health: Social contexts, theories, and systems (pp. 151–
160). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.