Feminine Discrepancy Stress and Psychosocial Maladjustment Among Adolescent Girls
By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Women’s Health Law Weekly -- Investigators publish new report on Psychosocial. According to news originating from Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Discrepancy stress, stress about being perceived to not conform to one’s gender role (i.e., gender role discrepancy), has demonstrated effects on risky sexual and violent behaviors. However, evidence of these effects has been limited to men and boys, neglecting the impact gender role discrepancy and discrepancy stress may have on girls.”
Financial support for this research came from National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “In addition, no study to date, has assessed the mental health correlates of gender role discrepancy and discrepancy stress. In the current study, we sought to elucidate the relationship between perceived feminine discrepancy and feminine discrepancy stress and psychosocial maladjustment while controlling for trauma symptoms stemming from the potential repercussions of feminine discrepancy. Maladjustment was measured by creating a second-order latent factor derived from four first-order latent constructs: sexual behavior, substance use, mood disorder symptoms, and hopelessness. Data are drawn from a cross-sectional sample of female students in middle and high school (N = 643) who completed self-report questionnaires. Using structural equation modeling, we found girls reporting feminine discrepancy (i.e., less feminine than the average girl) were more likely to report feminine discrepancy stress and trauma symptomatology. Controlling for feminine discrepancy and trauma symptoms, the relationship between discrepancy stress and maladjustment was positive and significant. Additionally, girls reporting feminine discrepancy scored higher on trauma symptomatology, and trauma demonstrated a strong direct effect on psychosocial maladjustment.”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “These data suggest that developing trauma focused prevention strategies that incorporate social norms around gender socialization may have an impact on multiple behavioral and mental health problems.”
For more information on this research see: Feminine Discrepancy Stress and Psychosocial Maladjustment Among Adolescent Girls. Child Psychiatry & Human Development , 2018;49(2):176-186. Child Psychiatry & Human Development can be contacted at: Springer, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013, USA. (Springer - www.springer.com; Child Psychiatry & Human Development - http://www.springerlink.com/content/0009-398x/)
The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from D.E. Reidy, Center Dis Control & Prevent, Div Violence Prevent, Natl Center Injury Prevent & Control, Atlanta, GA 30341, United States. Additional authors for this research include P.D. Kernsmith, C.A. Malone, A.M. Vivolo-Kantor and J.P. Smith-Darden.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-017-0739-7. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-04-22), Reports from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advance Knowledge in Psychosocial (Feminine Discrepancy Stress and Psychosocial Maladjustment Among Adolescent Girls), Women’s Health Law Weekly, 330, ISSN: 1551-5206, BUTTER® ID: 015487201
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