Daily Mail: Female managers are more prone to stress and depression

Health and Medical

NEW YORK [Reuters Health] – Female presidents, whether managers or sub-department heads, may be more likely to develop depression than men, a recent study shows.

Leading author Tatyana Budroviska, an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas, said that women with the ability to employ people, influence wages, etc., may experience symptoms of depression compared to women without this authority.

In contrast, researchers noted that men with functional power had a lower incidence of depression than women, and more men than without such power.

The research involved more than 1,500 middle-aged women and 1,300 middle-aged men who graduated from high school in Wisconsin.

Women with functional authority may be more educated, earn higher incomes, join more prestigious occupations, and have higher levels of job satisfaction and independence than women without work or employment, but their mental health is poor, he added.