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Gender Role Orientation and Anxiety Symptoms Among African American Adolescents

Auteurs: Anuradha G. Palapattu, Julie Newman Kingery, Golda S. Ginsburg

Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology | Uitgave 3/2006

Abstract

The present study evaluated gender role theory as an explanation for the observed gender differences in anxiety symptoms among adolescents. Specifically, the relation between gender, gender role orientation (i.e., masculinity and femininity), self-esteem, and anxiety symptoms was examined in a community sample of 114 African Americans aged 14 to 19 (mean age 15.77; 57 girls). Results revealed that masculinity was negatively associated with anxiety symptoms whereas femininity was positively associated with anxiety symptoms. Gender role orientation accounted for unique variance in anxiety scores above biological gender and self-esteem, and self-esteem moderated the relation between femininity (but not masculinity) and overall anxiety symptoms. Consistent with research on children and Caucasians, findings supported gender role theory as a partial explanation for the observed gender disparity in anxiety symptoms among African American adolescents.

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Titel: Gender Role Orientation and Anxiety Symptoms Among African American Adolescents
Auteurs: Anuradha G. Palapattu
Julie Newman Kingery
Golda S. Ginsburg
Publicatiedatum: 01-06-2006
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology / Uitgave 3/2006
Print ISSN: 2730-7166
Elektronisch ISSN: 2730-7174
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-006-9023-1

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