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Les programmes destinés aux femmes devront
comprendre à l'avenir des cours de formation se fondant sur ces
façons de réagir au stress. Il faudrait que les parents, les
enseignants, les conseillers et les directeurs prennent conscience qu'il est de
la plus grande importance que les femmes voulant jouer avec efficacité
plusieurs rôles soient munies de ces moyens de réagir. Ce n'est
que le jour où les femmes seront considérées comme des
êtres capables (ce qu'elles sont), que nous pourrons espérer voir
s'opérer un changement en profondeur dans la façon dont le
développement humain est compris.
Berte Rubin a passé son doctorat en
Éducation aux adultes à l'université de Toronto en 1987.
Depuis 15 ans, elle exerce en tant que conseillère libérale. Elle
donne aussi des conférences et des ateliers sur la gestion du stress et
l'efficacité de chacun. Elle aime s'adresser à des groupes
féministes et serait contente de connaître votre opinion sur cet
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My primary aim was to investigate the relationship
between each of five coping resources - support systems, group affiliations,
self-esteem, behaviors and coping skills - and the level of stress experienced
by the women in the study.
Support systems are networks of family
(nuclear or extended), friends, colleagues, neighbors, mentors and other
professional individuals., Group affiliations I defined woman as
memberships in clubs and organizations for the purpose to (of personal and/or
professional growth, developing friendships or exchanging resources. These
groups could be social, professional, recreational, political, religious,
interest, or consciousness-raising. Self-esteem is a personal resource
related to self-worth that resides within the self. It is simply how a woman
personally feels about herself and her actions. Behaviors are various
personal qualities that can be modified by a woman to affect her roles of
professional, wife and mother. For example, adjectives like determined,
opinionated, reflective, emotional, self-denigrating and risking were used in
the study to describe different behaviors.
It was upon the
knowledge
and use of these
coping skills that a
woman's ability to
handle stress seemed to centre.
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Coping skills are a more complicated
resource but proved to be the most effective in the lives of study
participants. It was upon the knowledge and use of these coping skills that a
woman's ability to handle stress seemed to centre. Women were asked to choose
descriptive such as “very”, “somewhat” or “never”
in responding to questions about their use of these skills. I defined nine
distinct coping skills which I divided into three categories. The first,
Problem-Solving Skills, are things like identifying and analyzing
problems in situations of conflict, setting priorities in order to organize
duties, making major decisions and following through with them, and negotiating
in situations of conflict. These skills focus on coping with a problem, which
really means the ability to contend or deal successfully with a situation or
role. This can mean managing by redefining, tolerating, enduring or ultimately
accepting. Women in the study used a high degree of problem-solving skills on
the job, fairly high with children, and slightly lower with their husbands.
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