Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China
In Western research, self-injurious behaviors are commonly viewed as “feminine” behavior. In this present study, using the data from a survey administered to 960 first- and second-year students in Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, the self-injurious behaviors among college students are analyzed by...
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| description | In Western research, self-injurious behaviors are commonly viewed as “feminine” behavior. In this present study, using the data from a survey administered to 960 first- and second-year students in Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, the self-injurious behaviors among college students are analyzed by sex. The results reported that the average prevalence of self-injurious behaviors among male students is 35.2%, higher than the 20.4% observed among female students ( p < .1), and the average frequency of severe self-injurious behaviors among male students is 0.4, higher than the 0.18 reported among female students ( p < .05). Gender role conflicts and verbal violence are strongly associated with male students’ self-injurious behaviors, whereas gender role conflicts and verbal, visual, and sexual violence are strongly associated with female students’ self-injurious behaviors. This suggests that self-injurious behaviors among college students in China constitute, to some extent, a boy crisis that can be well explained by gender role conflicts. In addition, verbal violence leads to self-injurious behaviors among both male and female students, whereas visual and sexual violence lead to self-injurious behaviors only among female students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e0cf1b406a9c4b93b019a219fdbf6f002022-12-22T00:39:34ZengSAGE PublishingAmerican Journal of Men's Health1557-98831557-98912016-11-011010.1177/1557988315579096Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in ChinaQiuling Chao PhD0Xueyan Yang PhD1Cheng Luo PhD2Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of ChinaXi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of ChinaInstitute for Rural Development of Shaanxi Social Science Academy, Shaanxi Province, People’s Republic of ChinaIn Western research, self-injurious behaviors are commonly viewed as “feminine” behavior. In this present study, using the data from a survey administered to 960 first- and second-year students in Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, the self-injurious behaviors among college students are analyzed by sex. The results reported that the average prevalence of self-injurious behaviors among male students is 35.2%, higher than the 20.4% observed among female students ( p < .1), and the average frequency of severe self-injurious behaviors among male students is 0.4, higher than the 0.18 reported among female students ( p < .05). Gender role conflicts and verbal violence are strongly associated with male students’ self-injurious behaviors, whereas gender role conflicts and verbal, visual, and sexual violence are strongly associated with female students’ self-injurious behaviors. This suggests that self-injurious behaviors among college students in China constitute, to some extent, a boy crisis that can be well explained by gender role conflicts. In addition, verbal violence leads to self-injurious behaviors among both male and female students, whereas visual and sexual violence lead to self-injurious behaviors only among female students.https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988315579096 |
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| title | Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China |
| title_full | Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China |
| title_fullStr | Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China |
| title_short | Boy Crisis? Sex Differences in Self-Injurious Behaviors and the Effects of Gender Role Conflicts Among College Students in China |
| title_sort | boy crisis sex differences in self injurious behaviors and the effects of gender role conflicts among college students in china |
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