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31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Gender Identity Alters the Degree to Which Peer Victimization Leads to Low Self-Esteem and Depression

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Social

  • Reginald Lesane
    St. John's University
  • Dante Carbone
    St. John's University
  • Cathleen Halasinski
    St. John's University
  • Shannon Padgett
    St. John's University
  • Tommaso Mazzaferro
    St. John's University
  • Laura Cyran
    St. John's University
  • Ernest Hodges
    St. John's University

Abstract

The longitudinal consequences of victimization depend on variation in gender identification. Victimization most strongly predicted decreases in self-esteem (and increases in depression) when adolescents felt discontent with, or felt atypical of, their own gender. Strong gender identity eliminated these consequences of victimization.

Gender Issues/Sex Roles

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