Nuanced Longitudinal Effects of Domains of Perceived Gender Similarity on Adolescent Peer Victimization.

Autor: Nielson MG; Psychology Department, University of Michigan, 3428 East Hall, 530 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA., Rogers AA; School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT USA., Cook RE; Institute for Child Development and Family Relations, California State University, San Bernardino, CA USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Sex roles [Sex Roles] 2022; Vol. 86 (9-10), pp. 559-575. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 04.
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-022-01285-2
Abstrakt: Gender similarity is an indicator of perceived fit with own-gender peers and other-gender peers and is strongly correlated with indicators of adolescent adjustment, including negative peer interactions. Although gender similarity is generally studied as a composite variable, evidence is increasing that peer victimization might be uniquely related to specific domains of gender similarity such as appearance or interests. A better understanding of the specific factors that motivate peer victimization will likely aid in intervention efforts. We analyzed five domains of own- and other-gender similarity (feelings, actions, appearance, preferences, time spent with peers) for adolescents, and explored whether they uniquely predicted negative peer interactions including general peer victimization (e.g., pushing/hitting) and experiencing or perpetrating gender-based peer victimization (e.g., anti-gay name-calling) over time. With 407 adolescents (14-17 years old, M age  = 15.42, 50% girls, 52% White) from two timepoints that were six months apart, we first conducted MANOVAs at T1 to assess gender differences in peer victimization experiences. Next, we conducted logistic regression path analyses to model the relation between gender similarity and peer victimization over time. Adolescents reported unique outcomes for different domains of gender similarity with girls focused on appearance and boys focused on not spending time with girls. We discuss how girls' and boys' experiences of gender similarity may be differentially informed by androcentric culture and how different expressions of gender uniquely provoke negative peer attention.
Competing Interests: Conflict of InterestThere are no commercial, financial, or other associations that could pose a conflict of interest in connection with this article. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
(© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
Externí odkaz: