The feminine and masculine gender role stress — conclusions from Polish studies

• Authors: Kazmierczak Maria
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The concept of gender role stress is based on the assumption that some women and men might have problems adapting to the feminine and masculine gender roles imposed on them by society. 1515 people took part in the study to verify feminine and masculine gender role stress models in the Polish population. The studies show that the five-factor feminine and masculine stress models are justified. Men display higher stress connected with 'physical inadequacy' than women, whereas women score higher on other subscales associated with feminine and masculine gender role stress. Gender role stress is more connected with femininity. Personality correlates of gender role stress were sought.

Keywords

EN

CROSS CULTURAL VALIDITY; FEMININE GENDER ROLE STRESS; FEMININITY; MASCULINE GENDER ROLE STRESS; MASCULINITY; STRESS

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Committee for Psychological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Polish Psychological Bulletin
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 41
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 20-30
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kazmierczak Maria

• Maria Kazmierczak, Institute of Psychology, University of Gdansk, ul. Bazynskiego 4, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland

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Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA091223

DOI

10.2478/s10059-010-0003-5