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The Psychophysiology of Sex Differences as Related to Occupational Status

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Women, Work, and Health

Part of the book series: The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping ((SSSO))

Abstract

This chapter is based on research carried out in the author’s laboratory during the past decades (see reviews by Frankenhaeuser 1979; Frankenhaeuser 1983; Frankenhaeuser 1986). The central theme of the chapter is the study of the mechanisms by which psychosocial factors influence the health and behavior of men and women. The approach is multidisciplinary, focusing on the dynamics of stressful person—environment interactions, viewed from social, psychological, and biomedical perspectives.

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  1. Karolinska Institute, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Stockholm University, S-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    Marianne Frankenhaeuser

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  1. Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, S-106 91, Sweden

    Marianne Frankenhaeuser  & Ulf Lundberg  & 

  2. Prevention Sciences Group, School od Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA

    Margaret Chesney

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Frankenhaeuser, M. (1991). The Psychophysiology of Sex Differences as Related to Occupational Status. In: Frankenhaeuser, M., Lundberg, U., Chesney, M. (eds) Women, Work, and Health. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3712-0_3

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