Year: 2015
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The current study examines how social constructions of masculinity and femininity affect alcohol behaviours among emerging adult men and women, given the recent trend in convergence (Greenfield, 2002) in which gender differences between rates of drinking have narrowed. Specifically, the impacts of gender role conformity and social context (i.e., drinking in same-gender or mixed-gender groups) on alcohol use and problems are examined among emerging adults in Canada. Several important domains of masculinity and femininity emerged as significant and positive correlates of alcohol outcomes, whereas other domains demonstrated negative relationships. Further, gender conformity variables were found to be significant correlates of drinking in various social contexts. Overall, the patterns of relationships were gender specific. Being a `playboy' (for men) and the desire to be thin and sexual fidelity (for women) were the most important correlates of alcohol outcomes. Implications of these findings are discussed from a feminist critical perspective.
Source: TSpace (University of Toronto)
Author: Julia Michelle Hussman
Language: English
Subfield: Gender Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2755130535