If “tend and befriend” fits, it’s not a weaker stress response—it’s just a different one. And for a lot of us, it’s the one that brings us back to ourselves when everything feels a bit ...

Hence, the basis of the “ tend-and-befriend ” response, which psychologist Shelley E. Taylor, PhD, theorized in 2000 as a more apt depiction of the stress response in women.

Whereas Selye’s model has dominated the concepts of stress response, Shelley Taylor and her research group posit a female stress response model they call Tend and Befriend. This model adds a ...

Hence, the basis of the “ tend-and-befriend ” response, which psychologist Shelley E. Taylor, PhD, theorized in 2000 as a more apt depiction of the stress response in women. Advertisement ...

Hence, the basis of the “ tend-and-befriend ” response, which psychologist Shelley E. Taylor, PhD, theorized in 2000 as a more apt depiction of the stress response in women.