Temporal variations in gender identity: an ecological momentary assessment of the influences of context.

IF 1.6 4区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Australian Journal of Psychology Pub Date : 2025-03-03 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1080/00049530.2025.2471056

Karen Man Wa Kwan, Sylvia Yun Shi, Wang Ivy Wong

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Abstract

Objective: Gender identity is contextually dependent yet is often studied as a static trait. This study used ecological momentary assessment to examine daily variations in multiple dimensions of gender identity (gender salience, gender typicality, gender discontentedness, felt pressure to conform to gender stereotypes) and their associations with gender proportion and location.

Method: Participants (N = 138; M_age = 19.31; 67 men) completed 4 to 5 reports a day on gender identity and social contexts for 7 days, resulting in 4,409 reports.

Results: All gender identity components showed half as much within-person variance as between-person variance. When the other-gender proportion in the surrounding increased, participants scored higher in gender salience, and men felt more pressure to conform to gender stereotypes than women. When at home (versus other locations), participants scored lower in gender salience, gender typicality, and felt pressure, and men, in particular, reported higher gender discontentedness.

Conclusions: The findings support the social constructivist view that gender identity is dynamic. The findings are discussed in relation to developmental intergroup and distinctiveness theories and social role and reinforcement processes.

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性别认同的时间变化：环境影响的生态瞬时评估。

目的：性别认同是情境依赖的，但通常被研究为一种静态特征。本研究使用生态瞬时评估来检查性别认同的多个维度（性别显著性、性别典型性、性别不满、符合性别刻板印象的压力）的日常变化及其与性别比例和地域的关联。方法：参与者(N = 138；法师= 19.31；67名男性)每天完成4到5份关于性别认同和社会背景的报告，持续7天，共完成4409份报告。结果：所有性别认同成分显示的人与人之间的差异只有人与人之间差异的一半。当周围的其他性别比例增加时，参与者的性别显著性得分更高，男性比女性感到更大的压力来符合性别刻板印象。在家时（与其他地方相比），参与者在性别显著性、性别典型性和感受到压力方面的得分较低，尤其是男性，报告了更高的性别不满。结论：研究结果支持社会建构主义关于性别认同是动态的观点。研究结果与发展性群体间和独特性理论以及社会角色和强化过程有关。

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