Does Gender-Bending Help or Hinder Friending? The Roles of Gender and Gender Similarity in Friendship Dissolution

Autor/inn/en	Nielson, Matthew G.; Delay, Dawn; Flannery, Kaitlin M.; Martin, Carol Lynn; Hanish, Laura D.
Titel	Does Gender-Bending Help or Hinder Friending? The Roles of Gender and Gender Similarity in Friendship Dissolution
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 56 (2020) 6, S.1157-1169 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nielson, Matthew G.) ORCID (Delay, Dawn) ORCID (Flannery, Kaitlin M.) ORCID (Hanish, Laura D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0000930
Schlagwörter	Gender Issues; Sexual Identity; Self Concept; Friendship; Gender Differences; Predictor Variables; Individual Differences; Middle School Students; Grade 6; Peer Acceptance; Early Adolescents; Bullying + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterfrage; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Selbstkonzept; Freundschaft; Geschlechterkonflikt; Prädiktor; Individueller Unterschied; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Mobbing
Abstract	We explored how gender and gender similarity affects friendship dissolution following the transition to middle school. We predicted that both gender and gender similarity (measured by perceived similarity to own-gender and other-gender peers) explain dissolution trends and that less own-gender similarity or more other-gender similarity predicts more friendship dissolution. We considered gender and gender similarity at both the individual and dyad level (reflecting the discrepancy between friends). Participants were 198 students in Grade 6 (42% Latinx, 21% Caucasian, 10% Native American, 8% African American, 2% Asian American, and 17% mixed backgrounds; 77% qualified for free/reduced meals) in reciprocated same- or mixed-gender friendships followed from fall to spring of the academic year. Multilevel multimember logistic regression models, nesting friendships within each participating individual, demonstrated that girl-girl friendships were less likely to dissolve than boy-boy friendships, and mixed-gender friendships did not dissolve more than same-gender friendships. Feeling similar to one's own gender predicted less dissolution, but feeling similar to the "other" gender did not increase friendship dissolution. There was no support for the hypothesis that feeling similar to both genders (i.e., androgyny) protected against friendship dissolution, nor was there any support for the hypothesis that dyad-level differences in gender similarity would predict dissolution. The discussion focuses on the importance of conducting individual and dyad-level analyses as well as including gender similarity constructs when studying gender differences in friendships and their trajectories over time. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01