Being a career woman as well as households appeared to have low levels of stress than women who did not work.The career woman also must have a harmonious marriage as a supporter of happiness. The study conducted by
researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), E Darby Saxbe, find understanding and helpful husband, can reduce levels of stress for them. This is based on an analysis of levels of cortisol (hormone secreted adrenal glands located above the kidneys) on the respondent's mother who also works.
They collected saliva samples of respondents and detect cortisol concentrations in it 4 times a day. Cortisol levels begin to rise in the morning and decreased during the day. The researchers also gave the question to the 60 parents from the middle to complete the test standards for marital satisfaction, also for 2-day stress of the respondents tell about their work.
For the long term, levels of cortisol associated with depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, issues of social relationships, even the possibility of cancer.
Darby said a mother who also works and has kids his stress level will be lower if she has a good and harmonious family.
"At least as long as she noted, for example, have a happy marriage, can improve the psychological condition after he was depressed due to job," said Berby, as the leader of this research.
The results of this study was published in the journal Health Psychology ilmuah January issue.
In line with Darby, researchers from the UCLA Department of Psychology, Rena Repetti, also tested 30 couples get married in Los Angeles.
"After a day of activity in the office, cortisol levels fell in women who have a happy marriage than women whose marriage was less happy," said Rena.
Rena said, happily married career women are urgently needed. The husband and wife usually share the duties in the household chores. While in another study, 278 women scientists have to discover how their activities. For those who leave the service, three times more restless and addicted to alcohol or are not independent, rather than women are obedient worship.
Again, this pattern was not seen in men. Researchers from Temple University, Joanna Maselko, found that working mothers who quit his worship activities will also be stressed because they lose access to the community and all the benefits that come from that community.
