The Effect of Marriage and Gender in Regard to Honestly Reporting Stress

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the likelihood of providing false answers to questions asking about the level of stress while measuring different demographics.

 

Methods or Case Description:

Methods: 103 students (78 male, 25 female; 85 Caucasian, 11 Asian, 6 Mixed; 66 single, 37 married) attending Rocky Vista University from three sessions (2017, N=30; 2018, N=32; 2019, N=41). • hyper-realistic mass-trauma simulation to induce stress and the data was collected using the Veracity TouchScreener® tablet • Contingency tables were analyzed for Marital status, Gender and Race using a Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test for Nonzero Correlation.

 

Outcomes:

Results: Single people more likely to truthfully admit being stressed • Neither group is more likely to be dishonest • Gender showed a significant effect for stress data, but no specific trends • Non-significant trend could be observed with females being more likely to admit stress • Non-significant trend of males being more likely to lie than females.

 

Conclusion:

Conclusion: Single participants were more likely to admit being stressed when compared to married participants. This data will enable us to identify populations that are more susceptible to stress in order to provide them with resources and training to further improve their mental health and readiness. Future studies will include data from another session in 2020; this may solidify the trend shown in Gender demographic by increasing the sample size