Sex, gender roles and fearfulness in girl and boy students of Zabol town public schools

Document Type : Scientific Articles

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1 Faculty Member of Payam No or U niversity

2 PHD Student from Pa yam No or University of Tehran

Abstract

Research on gender differences in children’s fear has generally shown that girls are more fearful and experience more anxiety than boys. A common hypothesis offered for this finding is that gender role orientations or expectations may be operating. However, this hypothesis has not been directly investigated in child samples. The present study describes the relation between a self-report measure of gender role orientation (i.e., masculinity/femininity) and the intensity of fears in a public sample of children (N 234; ages 9–12; 119 boys and 115 girls). Results revealed that masculinity was negatively related to level of fearfulness. In contrast, no relation was found between femininity and fearfulness. These findings suggest that gender role orientation, especially masculinity, may play a role in the development and/or maintenance of fearfulness in children

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Journal of Educational Psychology Studies
Volume 11, Issue 20 - Serial Number 20
February 2015
Pages 117-134

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