Perceived gender role performance and minor general deviance in college students

This study sought to fill a gap in the literature by exploring the association of gender, machismo and marianismo, and acculturation to dating violence (DV) attitudes among a sample of Latino college students. A total of 305 students were recruited from a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) located on the United States–Mexico border. Results showed significant differences in all forms of DV attitudes across gender. Separate regression models for men and women showed a pattern of endorsing the traditional gender role of machismo was predictive of tolerant DV attitudes for men and women. The marianismo dimension of chastity and virtuosity was associated to a decrease in tolerant DV attitudes among men. In addition, acculturation's relationship to DV attitudes and gender role ideology was not significant. Overall, the findings highlight the need for DV programs to address culturally-based understandings of gender roles and their association to DV attitudes.

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Belief in and Experience with the Paranormal: Relations between Personality Boundaries, Executive Functioning, Gender Role, and Academic Variables

Imagination Cognition and Personality ◽

10.2190/g54a-7vfm-mlmr-8j2g ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 333-346 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Stacey N. Spinelli ◽

Howard M. Reid ◽

Jill M. Norvilitis

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Executive Functioning ◽

Gender Role ◽

College Major ◽

Academic Variables ◽

Masculinity And Femininity ◽

And Gender

The present study examined individual differences in beliefs in the paranormal. One hundred and ninety-three college students were given a questionnaire measuring executive functioning, boundaries of personality, masculinity and femininity, and college major. Overall, 75 percent of participants reported belief in at least one of four types of paranormal activity and 42 percent reported experiencing at least one of four types of paranormal activity. Thinness of personality boundaries was related to belief in, as well as experience with, the paranormal. There was also a relationship between belief and experience and gender role. There was no evidence for a relationship between belief in the paranormal and year in college or college major.

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Rape Perception Differences Between Japanese and American College Students: On the Mediating Influence of Gender Role Traditionality

Sex Roles ◽

10.1007/s11199-005-2680-7 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 52 (5-6) ◽

pp. 379-392 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Niwako Yamawaki ◽

Brian T. Tschanz

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Gender Role

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How Gender-Specific is Male Depression?

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/s0924-9338(09)70415-8 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (S1) ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

A.M. Moeller-Leimkuehler ◽

M. Yuecel

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Gender Role ◽

Scientific Evidence ◽

Role Orientation ◽

Gender Role Orientation ◽

Sex And Gender ◽

Male Depression ◽

Biological Sex ◽

Male Type ◽

The Impact

Although there is a large amount of clinical evidence for a male-type depression, scientific evidence is still limited, especially in non-clinical populations with regard to gender differences in symptoms.In a sample of college students (518 males, 499 females) the relationship between male depression, sex and gender-role orientation was examined. Contrary to expectations, female students had a greater risk of male depression than male students (28.9% vs. 22.4%; p< 0.05). Overall, depressive symptoms as well as male-type distress symptoms were more pronounced in females. In the subgroup of those at risk for male depression sex and kind of symptoms were unrelated. With regard to the impact of gender-role orientation, feminine and undifferentiated orientation predict significant higher risk of male depression (30.7% and 38.1%), independent of biological sex, and were associated with different symptom factors.The results suggest that male depression might not only be a male phenomenon, at least in college students, since young women have adopted male attributes. In conclusion, gender studies in depression should not rely on biological sex, but include measures of gender-related selfconcepts and normative orientations.

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