Daily Gender and Cognition: A Person-Specific Behavioral Network Analysis
Adriene M Beltz1, Dominic P Kelly1
1Department of Psychology, University of Michigan.
Multivariate Behavioral Research
|August 17, 2023
Summary
Gender identity and cognitive abilities show dynamic, person-specific relationships. This study reveals unique bidirectional influences between gender self-concept and cognition in young adults.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Cognitive Science
- Gender Studies
Background:
- Gender and cognition research often assumes uniform relationships, overlooking individual differences.
- The directionality of influence between gender self-concept and cognitive abilities remains debated.
- Existing methods may not fully capture the nuanced, person-specific dynamics of these interactions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the individualized, bidirectional relationships between gender self-concept and cognitive functions.
- To apply a novel person-specific network approach to intensive longitudinal data.
- To explore the heterogeneity in temporal dynamics between gender and cognition.
Main Methods:
- Utilized group iterative multiple model estimation for multiple solutions (GIMME-MS), a person-specific network approach.
- Analyzed 75-day intensive longitudinal data from 103 young adults.
- Examined relations between gender self-concept (femininity-masculinity, instrumentality, expressivity) and cognition (mental rotations, verbal recall).
Main Results:
- Significant heterogeneity was observed in the presence and direction of relations between gender self-concept and cognition.
- Approximately 26% of participants showed influences from gender self-concept to cognition.
- Approximately 21% of participants demonstrated influences from cognition to gender self-concept.
Conclusions:
- The study highlights the person-specific nature of gender and its cognitive dynamics.
- Findings underscore the importance of individualized network analyses in understanding psychological phenomena.
- The results provide novel insights into the complex interplay between identity and cognitive performance.
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