title: Stress in middle-aged women: influence of Type A behavior and narcissism.
abstract: The authors examined (1) strength of stress, (2) awareness of stress, and (3) influence of type A behavior and narcissistic personality on stress and its related factors in a sample of 500 middle-aged women. Compared to 400 middle-aged working men, the women scored lower on the type A and coping scales, suggesting the possibility that women with high scores on type A behavior cope better with stress. Moreover, type A behavior in women was related to narcissistic personality. The strength of stressors and stress coping in type A women are affected by the severity of narcissism.
authors.affiliation: Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukunishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moroji
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009289:Narcissism; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012307:Risk Factors; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014434:Type A Personality; D014931:Women, Working / Q000523:psychology*