Getting along or ahead: Effects of gender identity threat on communal and agentic self-presentations
Författare
Summary, in English
When faced with a threat to gender identity, people may try to restore their gender status by acting in a more gender-typical manner. The present research investigated effects of gender identity threat on self-presentations of agentic and communal traits in a Swedish and an Argentine sample (N = 242). Under threat (vs. affirmation), Swedish women deemphasized agentic traits (d [95 % CI] = -0.41 [-0.93, 0.11]), Argentine women increased their emphasis on communal traits (d = 0.44 [-0.08, 0.97]), and Argentine men increased their emphasis on agentic traits (d = 0.49 [-0.03, 1.01]). However, Swedish men did not appear to be affected by the threat regarding agentic (d = 0.04 [-0.47, 0.55]) or communal traits (d = 0.23 [-0.29, 0.74]). The findings are to be considered tentative. Implications for identity threat research are discussed.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2016-07-29
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
427-432
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Volym
57
Issue
5
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Ämne
- Psychology
Nyckelord
- identity threat
- agency
- communion
- gender differences
- self-presentation
- self-stereotyping
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1467-9450