日常压力因素和男性价值观对墨西哥青少年侵略性的作用
Graciela Espinosa-Hernandez1, Jessica C Reich1, Richard S Pond1
1Psychology Department, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
概括
日常压力因素和男性价值观,如男权主义,与墨西哥青少年的侵略性有关. 雄性主义有时会缓冲压力因素对侵略行为的影响,特别是在女孩身上.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 青少年发展 青少年发展
背景情况:
- 青少年的侵略性是一个重大问题.
- 男人的价值观,包括男性主义 (超男性) 和骑士主义 (骑士精神),可能会影响行为.
- 了解墨西哥青少年等不同人群中的这些因素至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查日常压力因素与男性价值观 (男子气概,男子气概) 与侵略有关的关联.
- 探索男性主义和男性主义对墨西哥青少年压力-侵略关系的调节作用.
- 调查这些协会中潜在的性别差异.
主要方法:
- 一项相关研究涉及724名墨西哥青少年 (48%是女孩,平均年龄为14.74岁).
- 通过课堂管理的纸和笔调查收集的数据.
- 结构方程建模用于测试假设.
主要成果:
- 较高的感知日常压力因素 (家庭,学校,同行,财务) 与侵略性增加有关.
- 马奇主义与侵略有积极的关联,而骑士主义与负面的关联.
- 学校表现的压力因素与更高的侵略性有关,但仅在具有低男子气概的女孩身上.
结论:
- 日常压力因素和男性价值观,特别是男性主义,与墨西哥青少年的攻击性有很大关系.
- 雄性主义可以在某些情况下,特别是对女孩来说,作为一种缓冲对抗压力因素对侵略的影响.
- 调查结果强调了考虑文化价值观和压力因素在制定基于学校的干预措施来管理青少年侵略的重要性.
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