Higher Levels of Masculine Gender Role Stress in Masculine than in Feminine Nations: A Thirteen-Nations Study

W. A. Arrindell; Sonja van Well; Annemarie M. Kolk; Dick P. H. Barelds; Tian P. S. Oei; Pui Yi Lau; Cultural Clinical Psychology Study

doi:10.1177/1069397112470366

Higher Levels of Masculine Gender Role Stress in Masculine than in Feminine Nations: A Thirteen-Nations Study

W. A. Arrindell^*, Sonja van Well, Annemarie M. Kolk, Dick P. H. Barelds, Tian P. S. Oei, Pui Yi Lau, Cultural Clinical Psychology Study

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Abstract

It was hypothesized that societies that put greater emphasis on men being rigidly committed to culturally accepted models of masculinity (nations with high Hofstede MASculinity scores) would report higher mean national levels of masculine gender role stress (MGRS) than societies that emphasize such to a clearly lesser extent (low national MAS scores). Supporting this expectation, a large country-level correlation of +.64 (p = .01) was found across 13 countries (n = 6,420) between national MAS scores and national MGRS scores. In line with previous findings, Hofstede's MAS measure was found to be conceptually distinct from Bem's measure of instrumentality. Implications for intervention and further studies are briefly pinpointed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	51-67
Number of pages	17
Journal	Cross-Cultural Research
Volume	47
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397112470366
Publication status	Published - Feb-2013

Keywords

national masculinity
Hofstede
masculine gender role stress
MGRS Scale
cross-cultural psychology
EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE
PREDICTOR
SCALES
ANGER
SEX

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