在青春期早期感知性别相似性的发展进展
Gabrielle Leclerc1, Annie Bernier1, Carol L Martin2
1Department of Psychology, University of Montreal, Canada.
The Journal of early adolescence
|January 20, 2026
概括
青春期早期的性别认同发展呈现出不同的模式. 虽然感知自己的性别相似性保持稳定,但其他性别相似性减少,个人差异影响这些趋势.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 性别认同是青少年发展的一个关键方面.
- 了解性别相似性,包括自己的性别和对其他性别的看法,对于全面了解性别认同至关重要.
- 青春期早期是性别相关自我认知的形成和演变的关键时期.
研究的目的:
- 调查在青春期早期感知到的性别相似性的发展轨迹.
- 从11岁到14岁,检查自己的性别相似性和其他性别相似性的变化.
- 探索这些发育模式中的潜在的性别差异和个体变异.
主要方法:
- 长度研究追踪了156名年轻人 (女孩,男孩,跨性别男孩,性别流体) 从11岁到14岁.
- 自我报告的措施评估了对自己性别和其他性别的感知相似性.
- 隐性变化得分模型和自回归交叉滞后模型被用来分析发展趋势和个人差异.
主要成果:
- 在两个时间点中,自己性别相似性的平均水平保持稳定.
- 其他性别相似性的平均水平从11岁到14岁显著下降.
- 观察到一个交叉效应:在11岁时更高的其他性别相似性预测了14岁时更低的自身性别相似性,无论基线自身性别相似性如何.
结论:
- 感知自己的性别和其他性别相似性在青春期早期表现出不同的发育模式.
- 其他性别相似性的减少及其与自身性别相似性的反向关系凸显了性别认同形成的动态性质.
- 关于性别相似性的未来研究应该考虑这两个子维度,以捕捉完整的发展图像.
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