OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relative contribution of gender-related work conditions, gender-related socialization practices, and disease characteristics to the explanation of emotional distress in men and women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS Three hundred sixty-nine RA patients who were employed outside the home were recruited from a national randomized sample of rheumatology practices...

Although previous studies of emotional responding have found that women are more emotionally expressive than men, it remains unclear whether men and women differ in other domains of emotional response. We assessed the expressive, experiential, and physiological emotional responses of men and women in 2 studies. In Study 1, undergraduates viewed emotional films. Compared with men, women were mor...

BACKGROUND Burnout poses a substantial problem for physicians' well-being and for the quality of health care. The role of workload in comparison to subjective work characteristics has been rarely studied. The purpose of this study was to explore the associations of burnout with workload and subjective work characteristics in internal medicine specialists and residents. METHODS A cross-section...

leaders failure in correct evaluation of feelings and emotions of employees, may act as a barrier in achieving organizational goals. therefore it is important to pay attention to job and contextual performance arising from positive behaviors such as cooperation and effort of employees. moreover, employees’ training is usually focused on recognition teaching, and less on emotional- social aspect...

Perceived vocal features of emotional speech have rarely been investigated. In this contribution, a procedure allowing to collect reliable judgments on the perception of voice characteristics of emotional speech is presented. Relations between acoustic parameters and perceived features of speech are described. Some benefits and potential drawbacks of studying perceived vocal features in emotion...