“积极投身社会工作有益於妇女身心健康”这是美国职业医学专家约翰·赫尔德博士经过十余年的调查研究后得出的结论。他调查中发现许多日本妇女婚后便辞去工作,专心致力于家庭琐事,这一群体妇女的健康状况令人堪忧;而一些黑人妇女婚后仍用部分时间做临时工,其健康状况优于有闲妇女阶层;而终日在社会上繁忙紧张工作的职业妇女健康状况,却出人意料好得多。何以致此呢?约翰博士将此归因於紧张效应和共生效应双重作用的结果。 “Engaging in Social Work Benefit Women’s Physical and Mental Health” This is the conclusion drawn by more than ten years of research conducted by the U.S. professional medical expert John Herder. In his survey, he found that many Japanese women resigned from their jobs after marriage, concentrating on household chores. The health condition of these groups of women was worrying. Some black women still used part of their time as part-time workers after marriage, and their health status was better than that of Idle women and women; and the health status of working women, who are busy and tense in society all the time, is surprisingly much better. Why did so? John attributed this to the dual effects of tension and symbiosis.