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Stress, health complaints and self-confidence: a comparison between young adult women in Sweden and USA
Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), Centrum för forskning om välfärd, hälsa och idrott (CVHI).
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA .
Research and Development (R and D), Primary Health Care, Halland, Sweden.
Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS), Centrum för forskning om välfärd, hälsa och idrott (CVHI).
2006 (Engelska)Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, ISSN 0283-9318, E-ISSN 1471-6712, Vol. 20, nr 2, s. 202-208Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat) Published
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Transition to adulthood is a period in life when women encounter conflicts, ambiguities and rapidly expanding roles that may be stressful and difficult to manage. The aim of this study was to compare stress in daily life, health complaints and self-confidence in 26-year old women in two different cultures. A health survey study was performed among Swedish women (n = 386) and American women (n = 201) living in urban areas at the West coast of Sweden and in Minnesota. Both Swedish and American women reported stress in their everyday life, with higher figures for the Americans. Overall health was rated lower by the Swedish women and they reported more health complaints such as headache, general tiredness, irritability, depression and sleeping disorders. There was a difference between groups in self-confidence with higher figures for excellent self-confidence among American women. However, low self-confidence was reported by more American than Swedish women. A good work situation predicted self-confidence in Swedish women and financial confidence in American women. Physical fitness was associated with self-confidence in both groups. Young women in both cultures experienced high level of stress but health related complaints were more common among Swedish women. High stress and health complaints must be taken seriously and interventions to support young women in the midst of transition to adulthood should contain stress reduction as well as empowerment performed in a more effective way than today in different health care settings and at place of work.

Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006. Vol. 20, nr 2, s. 202-208
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Transition, Adulthood, Women, Stress, Health, Self confidence
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Rättsmedicin Medicin och hälsovetenskap
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-479DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00395.xISI: 000237784100012PubMedID: 16756526Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-33745379445Lokalt ID: 2082/818OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-479DiVA, id: diva2:237658
Tillgänglig från: 2007-02-06 Skapad: 2007-02-06 Senast uppdaterad: 2018-03-23Bibliografiskt granskad

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