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Social Affiliation: A Model Of Anxious Avoidance In Women, Milena Stoyanova
Social Affiliation: A Model Of Anxious Avoidance In Women, Milena Stoyanova
Department of Psychology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
There is substantial evidence demonstrating that women experience greater anxiety and fear compared to men. However, our understanding of specific factors accounting for women’s greater vulnerability remains rather limited. Taylor and colleagues (2000) proposed that women may have a different biobehavioral response to stress, which has evolved to protect and nurture offspring. The tend-and-befriend model provides new opportunities to explore underlying processes that may contribute to women’s greater anxiety and fear.
The present study examined women’s stress response combined with the absence of positive social contact as it relates to the presentation of fear and anxiety. One hundred and seven …