INDIRECT SELF-DESTRUCTIVENESS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL GENDER
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The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Piotrków Trybunalski Branch, Department of Psychology
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Społeczna Akademia Nauk w Łodzi
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Politechnika Wrocławska
Submission date: 2013-11-12
Final revision date: 2014-01-12
Acceptance date: 2014-01-14
Publication date: 2014-08-20
Corresponding author
Konstantinos - Tsirigotis
The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Piotrków Trybunalski Branch, Department of Psychology, Słowackiego 114/118, 97-300 Piotrków Trybunalski, Polska
The Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Piotrków Trybunalski Branch, Department of Psychology, Słowackiego 114/118, 97-300 Piotrków Trybunalski, Polska
Psychiatr Pol 2014;48(4):759–771
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
To examine relationships between indirect self-destructiveness and types of psychological gender.
Methods:
558 individuals (399 females and 159 males) aged 19-25 were studied (mean age: 22.6). The age of the females ranged from 19 to 24 (mean age: 22.4) and of the males – from 19 to 25 (mean age: 22.8). In order to examine the intensity of indirect self-destructiveness, the Polish version of the Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale by Kelley (CS-DS), as adapted by Suchańska, was applied. The psychological gender was examined by means of the Polish version of the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) by Bem, as adapted by Kuczyńska.
Results:
The highest scores on indirect self-destructiveness were achieved by non-sex-typed individuals, lower – by sex-typed and cross-sex-typed individuals (very similar scores). In females, indirect self-destructiveness positively correlates with the masculinity scale, whereas in males, it negatively correlates with the femininity scale.
Conclusions:
Biological sex and psychological gender are qualitative variables that differentiate the intensity of indirect self-destructiveness. Psychological gender opposite to biological sex is of significance to the intensity of indirect self-destructiveness. The psychological dimension of femininity protects against indirect self-destructiveness, while the psychological dimension of masculinity predisposes to it.
To examine relationships between indirect self-destructiveness and types of psychological gender.
Methods:
558 individuals (399 females and 159 males) aged 19-25 were studied (mean age: 22.6). The age of the females ranged from 19 to 24 (mean age: 22.4) and of the males – from 19 to 25 (mean age: 22.8). In order to examine the intensity of indirect self-destructiveness, the Polish version of the Chronic Self-Destructiveness Scale by Kelley (CS-DS), as adapted by Suchańska, was applied. The psychological gender was examined by means of the Polish version of the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) by Bem, as adapted by Kuczyńska.
Results:
The highest scores on indirect self-destructiveness were achieved by non-sex-typed individuals, lower – by sex-typed and cross-sex-typed individuals (very similar scores). In females, indirect self-destructiveness positively correlates with the masculinity scale, whereas in males, it negatively correlates with the femininity scale.
Conclusions:
Biological sex and psychological gender are qualitative variables that differentiate the intensity of indirect self-destructiveness. Psychological gender opposite to biological sex is of significance to the intensity of indirect self-destructiveness. The psychological dimension of femininity protects against indirect self-destructiveness, while the psychological dimension of masculinity predisposes to it.
Project no. RCN/SN/0610/2021/1 implemented from 2022 to 2024
Total value of the project: PLN 490 000
Amount funded by the MEiN: PLN 100 000
Aims of the project: Publication in Open Access mode on the Internet of English and Polish language versions of 12 consecutive issues of the journal Psychiatria Polska (years 2022-2024). Modernization and redesign of the journal’s website. Financing of the Editorial System. Copy editing and proofreading of journal issues. Counteracting scientific misinformation. Submission of electronic versions of the journal to the National Digital Library Polona and the Digital Library of Scientific Publications Academica.
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