Nuanced Longitudinal Effects of Domains of Perceived Gender Similarity on Adolescent Peer Victimization.
Gender similarity is an indicator of perceived fit with own-gender peers and other-gender peers and is strongly correlated with indicators of adolescent adjustment, including negative peer interactions. Although gender similarity is generally studied as a composite variable, evidence is increasing t...
| Published in: | Sex Roles Vol. 86; no. 9/10; pp. 559 - 576 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=156890496&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 156890496 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 03600025 SXR jtl: Sex Roles issn: 03600025 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2022 vid: 86 iid: 9/10 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 156890496 10.1007/s11199-022-01285-2 ppf: 559 ppct: 17 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1MB tig: atl: Nuanced Longitudinal Effects of Domains of Perceived Gender Similarity on Adolescent Peer Victimization. aug: au: Nielson, Matthew G. Rogers, Adam A. Cook, Rachel E. affil: Psychology Department, University of Michigan, 3428 East Hall, 530 Church Street, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA Institute for Child Development and Family Relations, California State University, San Bernardino, CA, USA su: Gender Adolescent psychology Peer communication Crime victims Similarity (Psychology) Psychological adaptation in adolescence sug: subj: Gender Adolescent psychology Peer communication Crime victims Similarity (Psychology) Psychological adaptation in adolescence keyword: Adolescents Anti-gay bullying Gender self-concept Gender similarity Gender-based victimization Longitudinal Peer victimization Adolescents Anti-gay bullying Gender self-concept Gender similarity Gender-based victimization Longitudinal Peer victimization ab: Gender similarity is an indicator of perceived fit with own-gender peers and other-gender peers and is strongly correlated with indicators of adolescent adjustment, including negative peer interactions. Although gender similarity is generally studied as a composite variable, evidence is increasing that peer victimization might be uniquely related to specific domains of gender similarity such as appearance or interests. A better understanding of the specific factors that motivate peer victimization will likely aid in intervention efforts. We analyzed five domains of own- and other-gender similarity (feelings, actions, appearance, preferences, time spent with peers) for adolescents, and explored whether they uniquely predicted negative peer interactions including general peer victimization (e.g., pushing/hitting) and experiencing or perpetrating gender-based peer victimization (e.g., anti-gay name-calling) over time. With 407 adolescents (14–17 years old, M = 15.42, 50% girls, 52% White) from two timepoints that were six months apart, we first conducted MANOVAs at T1 to assess gender differences in peer victimization experiences. Next, we conducted logistic regression path analyses to model the relation between gender similarity and peer victimization over time. Adolescents reported unique outcomes for different domains of gender similarity with girls focused on appearance and boys focused on not spending time with girls. We discuss how girls' and boys' experiences of gender similarity may be differentially informed by androcentric culture and how different expressions of gender uniquely provoke negative peer attention. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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