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0 Problem Statement
 Depression and anxiety are extremely common mental health issues that have
impacted millions of people globally.
 Based on experiences and studies, it is proven that gender affects the development
and treatment of this issue. 
 We would like to raise awareness about the variables leading to gender differences
in dealing with depression and anxiety.
 Women are twice as likely as men to experience depression from adolescence to adulthood.
Many different explanations have been proposed for the gender difference in depression,
but none seem to fully explain it. Recent research has focused on gender differences in stress
responses and stressor exposure.
 More population-based research is needed to fully understand how gender impacts
experiences of stress.
 Based on the findings of previous studies, our hypotheses are

1) women will report higher levels of stress than men

2) women will report being stressed by family and health related stressors while men will
report stress related to finances and work-related issues

3) women will report using adaptive coping strategies more frequently while men will report
using maladaptive and avoidance strategies more frequently,

4) there will be no gender differences in the TTM stages of change, i.e. in the readiness for
consistent stress management.

 Taking drugs, smoking and drinking alcohol were the least used coping strategies.

Article :

Gender differences in perceived stress and coping among college students - PMC (nih.gov)

Microsoft Word - p123.docx (ed.gov)

Gender differences in perceived stress and coping among college students | PLOS ONE