The Affective Consequences of Conforming to Gender Stereotypes

dc.contributor.advisorLemay, Edward P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorVenaglia, Rachelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-24T06:36:29Z
dc.date.available2017-01-24T06:36:29Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.description.abstractIt was of primary interest to examine the affective consequences of conformity to gender stereotypes, and to assess if feelings of social approval and authenticity mediate the relationship between conformity and affect. Therefore, we utilized an Electronic Momentary Assessment methodology to capture University of Maryland students’ engagement in gender stereotypical behavior, and their emotional and social experiences during their daily social interactions. Counter to expectations, we found that regardless of one’s own gender, enacting gender prescriptions enhanced feelings of authenticity and feelings of social approval, and enacting proscriptions reduced feelings of authenticity and feelings of social approval. Enacting prescriptions predicted more positive affect and enacting proscriptions predicted a more negative affective experience. Feelings of authenticity and feelings of social approval independently predicted feelings of more positive affect. Overall, our findings suggest that irrespective of gender, engaging in desirable stereotypes has a number of social, personal, and emotional benefits.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2WV6M
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18960
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledaffecten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledauthenticityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledgenderen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledprescriptionsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledproscriptionsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsocial approvalen_US
dc.titleThe Affective Consequences of Conforming to Gender Stereotypesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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