Marital satisfaction is one of the main characteristics of a healthy family, and is known as an important predictor of overall quality of life. Stress is unavoidable in everyday life and it can affect marital relationships. Furthermore, employed married individuals encounter more stressors than do unmarried ones, especially when their jobs are demanding and stressful, such as working as medical professionals in hospitals. Applying effective coping strategies and receiving social support, especially from emotionally close persons, are protective factors which can help individuals deal with stress and buffer the negative effects of life stress on marital and life satisfaction. In the present cross-sectional investigation, marital satisfaction was studied in relation to socio-demographic variables, social support, ways of coping, and quality of life in medical staff in Tehran. Data were collected from 653 medical staff who worked in 12 hospitals affiliated with Tehran Medical University using socio-demographic questions, the ENRICH marital satisfaction questionnaire, the SF-36 questionnaire, the Social Support questionnaire, and the Ways of Coping questionnaire. The results indicated that marital satisfaction, quality of life and spousal support were significantly higher in men than women. Spousal support was significantly associated with marital satisfaction especially in women. Multiple regression analyses indicated that marital satisfaction, social support, and job satisfaction combined with socio-demographic variables explain between 12% and 28% of the variance in quality of life domains. Analysing the data with special focus on females revealed a significant negative relationship between subscales of marital satisfaction and using “seeking social support”, “confrontive coping”, “escape avoidance”, “distancing”, and “self-controlling” as ways of coping. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that job satisfaction, social support, and ways of coping explained between 24% and 38% of the variance in seven of the nine subscales of marital satisfaction. Therefore, focusing on the study findings could be helpful in promoting marital satisfaction and quality of life in married medical staff.

Kvinnor är överrepresenterade gällande depression, medan män är överrepresenterade inom andra problemområden såsom antisociala riskbeteenden, missbruk och suicid. Stigma skapat av maskulina ideal och könsnormer har förts fram som möjlig faktor till könsskillnaderna. Det övergripande syftet med studien var att undersöka sambanden mellan depressiva symtom, depressionsstigma samt maskulinitet. Detta gjordes via en Internetenkät där 396 deltagare (245 kvinnor och 151 män) besvarade frågor som mätte dessa variabler. Studien fann inga könsskillnader gällande depression. Män uppvisade positiva samband mellan maskulinitet, personlig stigma och allmän stigma. Maskulinitetsmåttet förklarade 46 % av variansen i personlig stigma med fyra signifikanta delskalor. Självtillit uppvisade positiva samband med allmän stigma och depression samt negativt samband med personlig stigma. Resultaten tyder på vikten av att vidareutforska relationen mellan depressionsstigma, maskulinitet och depression för en mer fullständig förståelse av män och depression. / Women are statistically overrepresented regarding depression while men are overrepresented in other areas such as antisocial risk behaviors, addiction and suicide. Stigma created by masculine ideals and gender norms has been presented as a possible factor for gender differences. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the correlations between depressive symptoms, depression stigma and masculinity. This was done through a internet-survey where 396 Swedish participants (245 women and 151 men) answered questions measuring these variables. The study found no gender differences regarding depression. Men showed positive correlations between masculinity, personal stigma and public stigma. The masculinity measure explained 46% of the variance in personal stigma with four significant subscales. Self-reliance showed positive correlations with public stigma and depression and negative correlation with personal stigma. Results indicate the importance of further studies of the relationship between depression stigma, masculinity and depression for a more complete understanding of men and depression in Sweden.

We analyze experimental results obtained from the ultimatum game framed as a situation of salary negotiation. First, we frame ultimatum bargaining as a situation of salary negotiation. Second, we introduce a real task which has to be performed by employee-subjects as a consequence of accepting a given salary. We show that real effort raises salaries. In fact, this result is due to both higher salary offers by employers and higher rejection rates by employees. Besides, we study gender differences in individual decision making under uncertainty using the lottery panel test introduced in Sabater-Grande and Georgantzís (2002). Regarding risk aversion, our results confirm that female subjects are more risk averse than males. Regarding sensitivity to risk, female subjects are less attracted than men by the linear risk premia used in the design of the four panels. Our evidence suggests that gender and risk-related effects in ultimatum bargaining can and should be disentangled as two separate idiosyncratic dimensions. Specifically, although we confirm the broadly accepted result that females are more risk averse than males, we find that offers made by females are lower than those posted by male subjects. In fact, the gender effect becomes stronger once risk attitudes are accounted for. Gender effects are found to depend also on cultural differences. In sessions with Greek and Spanish subjects we obtain gender differences of the same sign and similar sizes, whereas British females' behavior differs from that of males only in the case of employee subjects and in the opposite direction to the gender effect reported on subjects from the two Mediterranean countries.

El objetivo general del trabajo fue realizar aportaciones al conocimiento dinamométrico y electromiográfico de la articulación del codo. Para ello se analizó la fuerza isométrica máxima y su variabilidad inter e intraobservador, así como el comportamiento electromiográfico de bíceps y tríceps en diferentes ejercicios dinámicos sobre una población de 23 sujetos sanos. Se determinó también la influencia del género y de la dominancia. Los resultados de las mediciones dinamométricas mostraron valores más altos de fuerza isométrica en los varones, observándose una alta correlación con la talla y el peso corporal. Un CCI>0.71 en todas las mediciones demostró la fiabilidad y reproductibilidad de este método a 90º de flexión. No se encontraron diferencias en cuanto a la lateralidad. La actividad EMGs aumentó con la carga e intensidad del ejercicio dinámico, principalmente en el bíceps. Se demostró la gran influencia del sexo y la dominancia sobre los resultados. / The aim of this study was to make contributions to the knowledge of isometric dynamometry and surface electromyography of the elbow joint. We analyzed the maximal isometric force and inter-intraobserver variability also the electromyographic behavior of biceps and triceps brachii in different dynamic exercises on a population of 23 healthy people. We determined the influence of gender and dominance too. Dynamometric measurements showed higher values of isometric strength in men, showing a high correlation with height and body weight. An ICC>0.71 for all measurements demonstrated the reliability and reproducibility of this method at 90º of elbow flexion. There were no differences between dominant and nondominant side. The sEMG activity increased with the load and intensity of dynamic exercise mainly in the biceps brachii. It showed the great influence of sex and dominance on the results.

Psychopathy is found in incarcerated populations and in the general population, among men and women. This study investigated if there were any gender differences between men and women with heightened levels of psychopathic traits regarding psychopathy factor scores, criminality, aggression and victimization. A randomized sample of 2500 mixed-sex (52.6 % women) participants (M=22.15; SD=1.38) from the general population, aged 20-24, was used. Results showed that women with psychopathic personality traits had significantly higher behavioral tendencies (e.g., impulsivity) on psychopathy than men with psychopathic personality traits. Men scored higher on violent criminal offences and criminal versatility and men and women differed in aggressive behavior and victimization. Gender differences in psychopathy features may create different needs for treatment. / Personer med psykopati finns både bland kliniska populationer och bland normalpopulationen, bland män och kvinnor. Den här studien undersökte om det fanns könsskillnader mellan män och kvinnor med förhöjda nivåer av psykopatiska drag när det gäller psykopatifaktorer, kriminalitet, aggression och utsatthet. Ett slumpmässigt urval från normalpopulationen med både män och kvinnor (52,6 %), ålder 20-24 år (M=22,15; SD=1,38), användes. Resultaten visade att kvinnor med psykopatiska egenskaper har signifikant högre beteendemässiga drag av psykopati än män med psykopatiska egenskaper. Män uppvisade högre nivåer av våldsam kriminalitet och mångfald i brott. Män och kvinnor med psykopatisk personlighet uppvisade olika aggressiva beteenden och rapporterade olika typer av utsatthet. Könsskillnader i psykopatiska egenskaper kan skapa olika behov av behandling.

This essay studies the written performance of 43 Swedish junior high school students. Relative clauses, prepositional usage and subject-verb agreement are studied and analysed in order to see what and how many errors the students make and then finally to see if there is any difference in the performance of boys and girls. Previous research in the area has shown an advantage in favour of girls and this study confirmed this. Even though the differences were not marked, the girls performed better than the boys in the majority of the cases studied. The data further indicated that there is great variation within the gender groups as well as between them.

Idag finns få studier gällande könsskillnader inom hörselvården, däremot finns forskning inom andra vårdområden. Hörselvården består bland annat av rehabilitering, där den tekniska hörselrehabiliteringen är en stor del. Den innefattar främst utprovning av hörapparater och hörseltekniska hjälpmedel.    Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om det finns några skillnader mellan män och kvinnor gällande den tekniska hörselrehabiliteringen.    Metoden för studien är kvantitativ och deskriptiv. En journalgenomgång inom ett enskilt landsting genomfördes. Totalt ingick patientjournaler för 56 personer i undersökningen. Av dessa var 27 kvinnor och 29 män. Vid journalgenomgången användes ett protokoll där olika punkter gällande patientens förutsättningar och behov togs upp.    Resultatet visar inga tydliga skillnader avseende kön gällande den tekniska hörselrehabiliteringen. Det finns dock tendenser till att fler kvinnor får en unilateral hörapparatanpassning jämfört med män. Resultatet visar att få avancerade hörapparater och hörseltekniska hjälpmedel förskrivits till patienter. Patienternas behov enligt rehabiliteringsplanen varierade mycket och ingen skillnad kunde ses gällande hörapparatsegment varken inom könen eller när könen jämfördes med varandra.    Inga märkbara skillnader i den tekniska hörselrehabiliteringen kunde hittas mellan könen. Mer forskning skulle behövas på området, både gällande hörapparatsegment samt vilka hörseltekniska hjälpmedel som förskrivs och varför. Även en liknande studie med ett större urval skulle behövas.

This study was carried out in Ronneby municipality during May 2006. I chose to compare three senior schools with regards to the implementation of objective orientated directives based on the teachers understanding of the task, motivation, resources allocated and their significance for the disparity between boys’ and girls’ grades. I carried out nine in-depth interviews: three at each senior school. From the interviews it emerged that teachers perceive objectives differently from parents and students. Teachers claim that they understand the directives but say that they lack the resources. According to those interviewed, the disparity in grades between boys and girls is due to biological factors, class affiliation and group dynamics. None of those interviewed feel that they contribute to the difference in grades. This study should not be seen as a generalisation but rather as a preliminary study to further research within the topic area.

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The purpose of the study was to examine if preferred stereotypical leadership and gender could predict women’s employability to leading positions. The survey, which was selfconstructed containing a scenario module was conducted on co-workers (N=97) in the Vaxjo area. The result showed that the female candidate in the scenario was preferred as leader prior to the male candidate. However, there were no gender differences between the male and female participants’ preferred stereotypical leadership. The findings did not support the hypotheses.