A study by Wen Hsin-ts'ai, then a graduate student of social medicine at the National Defense Medical Center, showed that women feel more stress than men do from "an important examination," "an extramarital affair," and "the addition to the household of a new member or members" (often the husband's parents).
溫信財的論文中，女性對「重大考試」、「家中增加新成員」（如生孩子或有人搬進同住）、「外遇」等事的壓力比男性大。