Gender stress: a preliminary survey with specific reference to female physicians

Practicing female physicians in Trinidad and Tobago were studied to identify major causal factors of negative stress. Results indicated that major stressors were as follows: job (36%), finance (32%), children (20%), relationships (20%). The minor stressors identified were: children (48%), finance (36%), relationships (36%), job (32%), and health (20%). The physicians showed the ability to cope with the stress and this was attributed to, inter alia, self-sufficiency, empowerment, self-fulfillment and gender.