Sex, gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of Zabol town public schools
Research on gender differences in children’s fear has generally shown that girls are more fearful and experience more anxiety than boys. A common hypothesis offered for this finding is that gender role orientations or expectations may be operating. However, this hypothesis has not been directly inve...
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University of Sistan and Baluchestan
2014-11-01
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| author | Mahnaz Aliakbari Dehkordi Hosnieh Shahriari Maryam Zare |
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| description | Research on gender differences in children’s fear has generally shown that girls are more fearful and experience more anxiety than boys. A common hypothesis offered for this finding is that gender role orientations or expectations may be operating. However, this hypothesis has not been directly investigated in child samples. The present study describes the relation between a self-report measure of gender role orientation (i.e., masculinity/femininity) and the intensity of fears in a public sample of children (N 234; ages 9–12; 119 boys and 115 girls). Results revealed that masculinity was negatively related to level of fearfulness. In contrast, no relation was found between femininity and fearfulness. These findings suggest that gender role orientation, especially masculinity, may play a role in the development and/or maintenance of fearfulness in children |
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| spelling | doaj.art-97a58cecd8a04c8185590005ceeccea12023-03-16T08:09:58ZfasUniversity of Sistan and Baluchestanمطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی2228-66832783-52352014-11-01112011713410.22111/jeps.2014.21472147Sex, gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of Zabol town public schoolsMahnaz Aliakbari Dehkordi0Hosnieh Shahriari1Maryam Zare2Faculty Member of Payam No or U niversityPHD Student from Pa yam No or University of TehranPHD Student from Pa yam No or University of TehranResearch on gender differences in children’s fear has generally shown that girls are more fearful and experience more anxiety than boys. A common hypothesis offered for this finding is that gender role orientations or expectations may be operating. However, this hypothesis has not been directly investigated in child samples. The present study describes the relation between a self-report measure of gender role orientation (i.e., masculinity/femininity) and the intensity of fears in a public sample of children (N 234; ages 9–12; 119 boys and 115 girls). Results revealed that masculinity was negatively related to level of fearfulness. In contrast, no relation was found between femininity and fearfulness. These findings suggest that gender role orientation, especially masculinity, may play a role in the development and/or maintenance of fearfulness in childrenhttps://jeps.usb.ac.ir/article_2147_fbb37ad4f7086e22564ba67045083a5d.pdfsexanxietygender rolesmasculinityfeminity |
| spellingShingle | Mahnaz Aliakbari Dehkordi Hosnieh Shahriari Maryam Zare Sex, gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of Zabol town public schools مطالعات روانشناسی تربیتی sex anxiety gender roles masculinity feminity |
| title | Sex, gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of Zabol town public schools |
| title_full | Sex, gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of Zabol town public schools |
| title_fullStr | Sex, gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of Zabol town public schools |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sex, gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of Zabol town public schools |
| title_short | Sex, gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of Zabol town public schools |
| title_sort | sex gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of zabol town public schools |
| topic | sex anxiety gender roles masculinity feminity |
| url | https://jeps.usb.ac.ir/article_2147_fbb37ad4f7086e22564ba67045083a5d.pdf |
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