Gender-Related Traits as Predictors of Alcohol Use in Male German and Spanish University Students

Zimmermann, Friederike; Sieverding, Monika

doi:10.1007/s11199-010-9897-9

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“…For example, feminine norms, such as sexual fidelity and romantic relationships, which were related to lower cigarette and alcohol use, may be non-congruent with the feelings of autonomy attributed to smoking in women. In fact, in Spain, substance use has been related to a lower regard for values linked to conventional socialization (Zimmermann, Sieverding, & Müller, 2011).…”

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The Impact of Gender Roles on Health

2012

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The present research focused on a sample of Spanish undergraduate women and men to evaluate whether gender was related to substance use and chronic illness. This research examined the associations of conformity to masculine norms for men and conformity to feminine norms for women with substance use in chronic illnesses. Spanish male (n = 226) and female (n = 234) college undergraduates completed measures of chronic diseases, alcohol and tobacco consumption, and conformity to gender norms. Multivariable regression analyses demonstrated that being female was related to lower alcohol and cigarette consumption but a greater rate of chronic illnesses. Although masculinity did not explain the rate of chronic illnesses, specific feminine and masculine gender norms were related to alcohol and tobacco use and prevalence of chronic diseases. The present study provides insights for further cross-cultural psychological studies on the mediating effect of self-reported conformity to gender norms (rather than only sex) on health. Limitations and implications are discussed.

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2012

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“…Sex role orientation , also referred to as gender role orientation, gender role identity, gender role self-concept , or gender-related self has been described as a person's identification with personal attributes that are seen as appropriate for a typical man or woman in a given society, i.e., his or her degree of maleness or femaleness (e.g., Sieverding et al, 2005 ). These attributes have revealed to be related to various behaviors in numerous psychological domains, as, for example, health (Lefkowitz and Zeldow, 2006 ; Zimmermann et al, 2011 ), occupation and work (Sieverding et al, 2005 ; Garcia-Retamero and Lopez-Zafra, 2009 ), education (Ritter, 2004 ; Wolfram et al, 2009 ; Kessels and Steinmayr, 2013 ) and cognitive performance (REFs). Some studies demonstrate that sex role orientation was even more influential on outcome measures than biological sex (e.g., Cahill et al, 2004 ).…”

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Interactive effects of culture and sex hormones on the sex role self-concept

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Sex role orientation, i.e., a person's masculinity or femininity, influences cognitive and emotional performance, like biological sex. While it is now widely accepted that sex differences are modulated by the hormonal status of female participants (menstrual cycle, hormonal contraceptive use), the question, whether hormonal status and sex hormones also modulate participants sex role orientation has hardly been addressed previously. The present study assessed sex role orientation and hormonal status as well as sex hormone levels in three samples of participants from two different cultures (Northern American, Middle European). Menstrual cycle phase did not affect participant's masculinity or femininity, but had a significant impact on reference group. While women in their follicular phase (low levels of female sex hormones) determined their masculinity and femininity in reference to men, women in their luteal phase (high levels of female sex hormones) determined their masculinity and femininity in reference to women. Hormonal contraceptive users rated themselves as significantly more feminine and less masculine than naturally cycling women. Furthermore, the impact of biological sex on the factorial structure of sex role orientation as well as the relationship of estrogen to masculinity/femininity was modulated by culture. We conclude that culture and sex hormones interactively affect sex role orientation and hormonal status of participants should be controlled for when assessing masculinity and/or femininity.

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“…In addition to the higher rates of use and problems experienced by men, research suggests that alcohol use is actually a normed and integral facet of the western masculine identity (de Visser & McDonnell, 2012;de Visser & Smith, 2007;Isenhart, 2005;Lemle & Mishkind, 1989;Montemurro & McClure, 2005;Peralta, 2007;Young, Morales, McCabe, Boyd, & D'Arcy, 2005;Zimmermann, Sieverding, & Müller, 2011). There exists an expectation that beer drinking and getting drunk are aspects of masculinity (Landrine, Bardwell, & Dean, 1988) and that one important function of public drinking is to assert masculinity (Peralta, 2007).…”

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Beer for “brohood”: A laboratory simulation of masculinity confirmation through alcohol use behaviors in men.

Fugitt

Ham

2018

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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Though alcohol use is a widespread behavior, men tend to drink more and experience more alcohol-related negative consequences than do women. Research suggests that individuals are motivated to maintain ingroup status by engaging in behaviors prototypical of the ingroup when group status has been threatened, and that men are particularly likely to do this when masculine ingroup status is threatened. The present study investigated masculine drinking behaviors through a social lens, examining the impact of masculinity threat on alcohol consumption in a simulated bar laboratory. Sixty-five male students ages 21-29 years (Mage = 22.66; 74% White) consumed beer in a taste-test paradigm after being exposed to randomly assigned personality feedback relative to gender standards. This feedback suggested that they were either low in masculinity (threat condition, n = 22) or high in masculinity (control condition, n = 22). A third condition received the low-masculinity feedback and then were exposed to information to undermine masculine alcohol use norms (undermine condition, n = 21) to account for negative affect reduction motives for use. As hypothesized, individuals in the threat condition consumed significantly more alcohol than those in the control and undermine conditions, even though the threat and undermine conditions reported similar levels of negative affect following masculinity threat. These results suggest that consumption of alcohol by men in social contexts may be strongly motivated by the desire to confirm masculine status. This understanding may be used to enhance the effectiveness of alcohol use intervention protocols. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Gender-Related Traits as Predictors of Alcohol Use in Male German and Spanish University Students

Cited by 17 publications

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The Impact of Gender Roles on Health

The Impact of Gender Roles on Health

Interactive effects of culture and sex hormones on the sex role self-concept

Beer for “brohood”: A laboratory simulation of masculinity confirmation through alcohol use behaviors in men.

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