The Effects of Hardiness on Stress Levels In the past researchers have attempted to uncover how individuals differ in their physical and psychological responses to stress. Recently, increased time has been devoted to discovering why some individuals internal processes allow then to deal with stressful situations and life events and why others don't. This fascination is likely attributed to an recent increase in public awareness that high stress can have serious physical consequences, including increases …showed first 75 words of 2038 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2038 total…female responses, and moderation of stress. It is likely that we would see that stress among women is less strongly moderated by the challenge factor and more strongly influenced by the amount of social support. This relates back to the gender roles of men and women that are defined at a very early age, these gender roles indicate that women tend to be more social whereas men tend to engage more in challenging competitive sports.