Gender Subgroup Self-Categorization and Gender Role Self-Concept

Athenstaedt, Ursula; Heinzle, Cornelia; Lerchbaumer, Gudrun

doi:10.1007/s11199-007-9288-z

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“…People not only share these stereotypes but also use them for self-description (e.g., Athenstaedt 2003;Bem 1974;Spence et al 1974). The conceptualization of gender role self-concept in the present study builds upon a multi-dimensional model (Athenstaedt 2003) that has been successfully used already in other studies (Athenstaedt 2002(Athenstaedt , 2004(Athenstaedt , 2008. The model includes socially desirable and undesirable masculine and feminine traits (M+, M−, F+, F−) as well as gender stereotypical masculine and feminine behaviors (MBehav and FBehav).…”

Section: Gender Role Self-conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Role Self-Concept and Leisure Activities of Adolescents

2008

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The present study investigated the relevance of gender role self-concept to leisure activities of female and male adolescents. A sample of 310 Austrian adolescents (14 to 16 years old) participated in the study. Gender role self-concept was measured based upon a multi-dimensional conceptualization that includes positive and negative selfdescriptions. Gender role self-concept significantly predicted female-typed and male-typed leisure activities in addition to participants' gender and partially mediated the link between gender and female-typed leisure activities. The analyses revealed gender-congruent as well as genderincongruent associations between both the positive female and male role self-concept and the gender-typed leisure activities. Self-description with socially undesirable masculine traits was related to antisocial activities like using drugs, but also with socializing and sports activities.

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Section: Gender Role Self-conceptmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Role Self-Concept and Leisure Activities of Adolescents

2008

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“…The GEPAQ is a self-report scale measuring "masculine" and "feminine" traits on 5 subscales (F+, positive stereotyped female attributes; M+, positive stereotyped male attributes; F-, negative stereotyped female attributes; M-, negative stereotyped male attributes; and M-F, mixed attributes) and is rated on a 6-point scale. The GEPAQ shows good reliability in all subscales except F- (Runge et al 1981;Athenstaedt et al 2008). For the present study, only the scales F+ and M+ were used due to findings of a tendency to answer items from the M-scale in accordance with social acceptance and findings of the afore mentioned limited validity of the F-score (Sieverding & Alfermann 1992).…”

Section: Feminine and Masculine Traitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A relationship of sorts: gender and auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia spectrum disorders

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Arch Womens Ment Health

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Voice hearing has been conceptualized as an interrelational framework, where the interaction between voice and voice hearer is reciprocal and resembles “real-life interpersonal interactions.” Although gender influences social functioning in “real-life situations,” little is known about respective effects of gender in the voice hearing experience. One hundred seventeen participants with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder took part in a semi-structured interview about the phenomenology of their voices and completed standardized self-rating questionnaires on their beliefs about their most dominant male and female voices and the power differentials in their respective voice-voice hearer interactions. Additionally, the voice hearers’ individual masculine/feminine traits were recorded. Men heard significantly more male than female dominant voices, while the gender ratio of dominant voices was balanced in women. Although basic phenomenological characteristics of voices were similar in both genders, women showed greater amounts of distress caused by the voices and reported a persistence of voices for longer time periods. Command hallucinations that encouraged participants to harm others were predominantly male. Regarding voice appraisals, high levels of traits associated with masculinity (=instrumentality/agency) correlated with favorable voice appraisals and balanced power perceptions between voice and voice hearer. These positive effects seem to be more pronounced in women. The gender of both voice and voice hearer shapes the voice hearing experience in manifold ways. Due to possible favorable effects on clinical outcomes, therapeutic concepts that strengthen instrumental/agentic traits could be a feasible target for psychotherapeutic interventions in voice hearing, especially in women.

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“…In self-categorization individuals experience a perception of increased similarity between self and other in-group members and enhanced difference between in-group members and out-group members (Eckes et al 2005). Another process, called self-stereotyping, also arises, which leads individuals to integrate group stereotypes into their self-concept and use stereotypic traits for self-description (Athenstaedt et al 2008;Oswald and Lindstedt 2006;Sinclair et al 2006).…”

Section: Development Of Gender Stereotype Awarenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Second, gender group memberships generally last for the whole lifespan. Third, each person in general belongs to one of the two gender groups and these two groups are interdependent (Athenstaedt et al 2008). Fourth, gender is a very large social group at a very high level of abstraction.…”

Section: Gender As a Special Social Groupmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The latter relates to benevolent sexism, which suggests that females are warmer than males and therefore the better gender (Eckes 2002). Gender stereotypes reflect the expectation the whole society has for males and females (Athenstaedt et al 2008;Best 2009;KurtzCortes et al 2008). Behaving in a way consistent with gender role expectations is easier and less risky than behaving in a non-normative manner (Best 2009;Vogel et al 2003).…”

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Mathematically gifted adolescent females’ mixed sentiment toward gender stereotypes

Kao

2014

Soc Psychol Educ

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There has been a paucity of research on gifted individuals' perceptions of gender stereotypes. The purpose of this study was to explore mathematically gifted adolescent females' perceptions of gender stereotypes through a research design of the qualitative multiple case study involving the constant comparison and the Three C's analysis scheme. Nine female junior high school students living in an urban area of Taiwan were recruited. Five major themes emerged after data analysis: uncomfortable feelings about gender inequality, denial of the importance of beauty, high career aspirations, agreement on the stereotypes of negative female dispositions, and identification with masculine qualities and interests. These themes reflected their mixed sentiment toward gender stereotypes. The social identity approach, social status theory, and optimal distinctiveness theory were employed to explain these young women's perception of gender stereotypes. Implications for interventions to address inner conflict and for future research were also discussed.

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Gender Subgroup Self-Categorization and Gender Role Self-Concept

Cited by 14 publications

References 28 publications

Gender Role Self-Concept and Leisure Activities of Adolescents

Gender Role Self-Concept and Leisure Activities of Adolescents

A relationship of sorts: gender and auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia spectrum disorders

Mathematically gifted adolescent females’ mixed sentiment toward gender stereotypes

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