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- Title
Is My Femininity a Liability? Longitudinal Associations between Girls' Experiences of Gender Discrimination, Internalizing Symptoms, and Gender Identity.
- Authors
Rogers, Adam A.; Cook, Rachel E.; Guerrero, Kaitlyn
- Abstract
Gender discrimination is a common experience for adolescent girls and has implications for their mental health and identity development. Guided by Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST; Spencer et al. 1997), this study examined the longitudinal and bidirectional associations between adolescent girls' experiences of gender discrimination, their internalizing symptoms, and gender identity. The sample was 161 adolescent girls (ages 14–17; Mage = 15.90) from across the United States (51% White; 17% African American, 11% Hispanic/Latina) who participated in a short-term longitudinal study of adolescent development. The results showed a reciprocal, longitudinal association between discrimination and internalizing symptoms. Discrimination also predicted longitudinal declines in gender identity, which was explained indirectly through internalizing symptoms. The findings implicate gender discrimination as a distinct risk factor during girls' developmental years, and underscore the importance of helping girls learn adaptive responses to sexism, while also reducing actual occurrence and exposure.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FEMININITY; PSYCHOLOGY of teenage girls; SEX discrimination against women; GENDER identity; WHITE youth; AFRICAN American teenage girls; HISPANIC American teenage girls; WELL-being; SEXISM; MENTAL health; ALEXITHYMIA; LONGITUDINAL method; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
- Publication
Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 2022, Vol 51, Issue 2, p335
- ISSN
0047-2891
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10964-022-01571-y