Study Reveals Women Are More Vulnerable To Stress In Work

Illustration of women at work (Freepic)

JAKARTA - Women are a group of people who are more vulnerable to experiencing stress in the world of work. This was revealed through a study of the Causcus of the Community Caring for Mental Health or the Kaucus of Student Affairs in 2024.

The study focused on researching the stress levels experienced in workers in the financial sector. It was found that women are a group of people who are vulnerable to stress and experience mental health disorders while working.

"This study shows that young workers, who are under 40 years of age, and also female workers in the financial sector are the group that is most in the range of experiencing mental health disorders or mental health illes," said Main Researcher and Initiator of Kaukus, Dr. dr. Ray Wagiu Basrowi, MKK, FRSPH, during a press conference in the Senen area, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.

However, the vulnerability to stress in this work is not only experienced by women who work in the financial sector, but also in other fields of work. Doctor Ray said that there are factors that influence this, namely the dual role that women must play.

"The working woman has a multiple role problem. A woman who works and has children she plays mother, she is also a wife," he said.

With this dual role, women are required to do everything well. They are required to perform several roles at the same time, so that the risk of experiencing a sense of fatigue becomes higher.

"She (the woman) has to play a worker and as a wife, it's a burden, the pressure is greater. That's what makes women more vulnerable (to work) because of her double role," concluded Doctor Ray.