青少年男孩对被认为对其性别典型性的威胁的侵略性反应
Adam Stanaland1,2, Sarah Gaither1, Anna Gassman-Pines1
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Developmental science
|July 15, 2024
概括
青少年男孩在青春期中期到晚期,当他们感到性别不典型时,会变得有侵略性,特别是如果被迫遵守. 父母对男子气概的信念影响男孩的激励,成为典型的性别和侵略水平.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 成年男性在感觉不典型的性别时表现出侵略性,特别是当社会压力而不是自主性推动性别一致时.
- 了解青少年男孩中这种现象的发育轨迹对于解决其社会影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 实验测试是否威胁青少年男孩的感知性别典型性引发了侵略.
- 检查压力与自主动机在这种侵略中的作用.
- 调查时间表年龄和青春期发育对这种联系的影响.
主要方法:
- 207名美国青少年男孩 (年龄10-14岁) 和他们的父母参与了这项研究.
- 男孩们收到了关于"游戏"得分的反,随机分配为典型的或非典型的性别.
- 评估了动机 (受压力或自主) 和社会环境因素.
主要成果:
- 青少年在青春期中后期的男孩,但不是年轻的男孩,在他们的性别典型性受到威胁时表现出侵略性.
- 这种侵略性在男孩中得到了放大,他们被迫成为典型的性别动机.
- 压力激励与感知到的父母/同龄人"丧"以及父母的权男子气概信念相关.
结论:
- 这些发现表明,对性别典型性的威胁可以引起青少年男孩的侵略,这取决于青春期的状态和动机类型.
- 父母对权男子气概信仰的认可与男孩的压力激励有关,可能源于社会经济和地理因素.
- 这项研究提供了关于性别认同发展的基础见解,以及与性别典型性威胁相关的侵略性潜在干预措施.
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