Exploring dual gender typicality among young adults in the United States
| Autor: | Naomi C. Z. Andrews, Carol Lynn Martin, Rachel Cook, Ryan D. Field, Dawn E. England |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Self-efficacy
Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Self-esteem 050109 social psychology Human sexuality Education Developmental psychology Friendship Interpersonal relationship Developmental Neuroscience Masculinity Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Young adult medicine.symptom Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Behavioral Development. 43:314-321 |
| ISSN: | 1464-0651 0165-0254 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0165025418811125 |
| Popis: | The goal of the current study was to better understand the development of gender typicality in young adulthood by applying the dual-identity approach to gender typicality, previously developed with children, to a university sample. Participants ( n = 215, Mage = 20.20 years; 62% female) were asked to rate their perceived similarity to both own- and other-gender peers. They also completed questionnaires assessing sexist attitudes, internalized sexualization (females), adherence to male-typed behaviors in the context of interpersonal relationships (males; adherence to physical toughness and restrictive emotional expressivity), gender-based relationship efficacy, friendships, self-esteem, social self-efficacy, and social anxiety. Results indicated that self-perceived gender typicality involves comparisons to both gender groups, and that meaningful typologies can be created based on similarity to own- and other-gender groups. As with children, results indicated that identifying with one’s own gender was advantageous in terms of low social anxiety and relationships with own-gender peers. For adults who identified with both own- and other-gender peers, we identified additional social benefits (i.e., efficacy and friendships with other-gender peers). Further, we identified a downside to own-gender typicality: individuals who identified only with their own gender had more sexist attitudes than those who identified with the other gender. Findings support the viability of the dual-identity approach in young adults, and have implications for researchers assessing gender typicality across development. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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