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October 3, 2022
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Gender Differences in Stress- and Burnout-Related Factors of University Professors

Publicated to: Biomed Research International. 2020 6687358- - 2020-12-22 2020(), DOI: 10.1155/2020/6687358

Authors:

Redondo-Florez, Laura; Francisco Tornero-Aguilera, Jose; Jesus Ramos-Campo, Domingo; Javier Clemente-Suarez, Vicente;
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Affiliations

Catholic Univ Murcia, Sport Sci Fac, Murcia, Spain - Author
Univ Costa, Grp Invest Cultura Educ & Soc, Barranquilla 080002, Colombia - Author
Univ Europea Madrid, Fac Sports Sci, Tajo St S-N, Madrid 28670, Spain - Author
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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyse the gender differences in stress-related factors of university professors. A cross-sectional study was carried out, where gender differences in psychological, nutrition, physical activity, and oral health stress-related factors were analysed in 470 Spanish university professors (58.7% male and 41.3% female, 42.1 +/- 9.2 years) through a compendium of questionnaires. The results showed how females presented significantly (p <= 0.05) higher scores than males in perceived stress (females: 22.15 +/- 4.40 vs. males: 19.69 +/- 3.61), emotional exhaustion (females: 20.86 +/- 9.51 vs. males: 16.44 +/- 9.12), and neuroticism (females: 5.53 +/- 1.97 vs. males: 4.77 +/- 1.96). These results may be related to higher probabilities to suffer the burnout syndrome, showing possible physical symptoms of this psychological disorder such as dry mouth and gastritis or heartburn. We concluded that female professors presented higher burnout perceived stress, emotional exhaustion, and neuroticism levels than males. Females also presented higher dry mouth, gastritis, and heartburn than males. Female professors showed healthier nutritional habits than males, presenting higher consumption of milk products and fruit per day, a higher number of meals, and less eating between hours and fried food consumption. Nevertheless, females consumed fewer water glasses and practised less weekly sport than male professors.
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Keywords

AdultAnxietyApplesArticleAssociationBehaviorBody heightBurnoutBurnout, professionalControlled studyCross-sectional studiesCross-sectional studyDairy productDepressionEmotional stressEpidemiologyExperimental gastritisExtraversionFacultyFeeding behaviorFemaleFood intakeGastritisHeartburnHumanHumansLevelLonelinessMaleMaslach burnout inventoryMental diseaseMental stressMiddle agedNeurosisNormal humanNutritionOral-health statusPhysical activityPhysical-activityProfessional burnoutQuestionnaireReactivitySelf conceptSex differenceSex factorSex factorsSurveys and questionnairesTeachingUniversityWork experienceXerostomia

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Biomed Research International due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position 70/159, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Miscellaneous).

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 2.11, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-12-20, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 13
  • Scopus: 49
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-12-20:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 208.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 207 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 6.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 8 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Colombia.

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