Relationship between Gender Role and Responses to Trauma in College Students: Biological Sex as a Moderator
Abstract
The present study examined the association between gender role and responses to trauma with biological sex as a moderator within a sample of 158 undergraduate students. An experience of trauma was experimentally-induced using a video clip that contained material related to a real-life, violent crime. Individuals’ depression, anxiety, anger and hostility were assessed before and after watching the traumatic video. In addition, trauma history was included in the analysis as a covariate. Results from regression models revealed that there was no main effect of gender role on responses to trauma, whereas interactive effects of gender role and sex were significant. Specifically, higher femininity predicted higher levels of post-trauma depression in females, and higher femininity and higher masculinity predicted lower levels of post-trauma hostility in females. Theoretical and clinical implications of this study are discussed.
- keywords
- 외상후스트레스장애, 외상반응, 성역할, 성별, 대학생, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Responses to trauma, Gender role, Sex, Undergraduate students
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