Do Guns in the Home Predict Gender and Relationship Attitudes? An Exploratory Study

Follingstad, Diane R.; Coker, Ann L.; Chahal, Jaspreet K.; Brancato, Candace J.; Bush, Heather

doi:10.1080/10926771.2016.1225144

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“…More tentatively, conformity to other masculine roles may also be relevant. For example, the desire to protect women and children—a common theme in firearm marketing—may be conceptually similar to benevolent sexism (Follingstad et al, 2016; Glick & Fiske, 1996; Stroud, 2012). Benevolent sexism, in turn, has evidenced significant positive correlations with conformity to the norms of power over women in samples of men (Mahalik et al, 2003).…”

Section: Masculinity and Firearm Ownershipmentioning

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Associations between men’s and women’s conformity to masculine role norms and firearm ownership: Contributions beyond, race, gender, and political ideology.

McDermott¹,

Brasil²,

Barinas³

et al. 2021

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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Many of the problems linked to rigid adherence to traditional masculine role norms, such as violence and suicide, are exponentially more dangerous when a firearm is involved. Despite men being disproportionately more likely to own a firearm compared to women, however, comparatively few researchers have examined the links between masculinity and firearm ownership. Understanding the common characteristics of the typical firearm owner beyond established demographic qualities (e.g., White, male, and politically conservative) may provide important information to inform harm reduction programs revolving around reducing firearm access. Accordingly, the present study tested the relative contributions of conformity to nine masculine norms as predictors of the likelihood of owning a firearm in a sample of men and women: Emotional Control, Winning, Playboy, Violence, Self-Reliance, Risk-Taking, Power Over Women, Primacy of Work, and Heterosexual Self-Presentation. A total of 665 U.S. participants (206 men and 459 women) were recruited through Amazon's Mechanical Turk system. The mean age of the total sample was 20.91 (SD = 7.61), and 20% reported currently owning one or more firearms. A negative binomial regression revealed that firearm ownership was best explained by a combination of being White, a man, politically conservative, and reporting more conformity to masculine role norms emphasizing violence, risk taking, and power over women, as well as (for women only) less conformity to playboy norms. These results suggest that owning a firearm may be a behavioral manifestation of a broader traditional gender role identity. Implications for harm reduction programs centered on firearms access are discussed. Public Significance StatementUnderstanding the characteristics of firearm owners is vital to informing prevention and harm reduction efforts revolving around firearm access. The present study was (to the best of our knowledge) the first to examine the relative contributions of conformity to specific masculine role norms in relation to firearm ownership. Our results offer a sociocultural explanation for why most firearm owners are male, White, and politically conservative.

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Section: Masculinity and Firearm Ownershipmentioning

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Associations between men’s and women’s conformity to masculine role norms and firearm ownership: Contributions beyond, race, gender, and political ideology.

McDermott¹,

Brasil²,

Barinas³

et al. 2021

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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“…Sexist attitudes toward women were assessed using the 40-item Sexist Attitudes Toward Women Scale (Benson & Vincent, 1980), which included items such as “It bothers me when a man is interested in a woman only if she is pretty” and “Women should have all the same rights as men.” Recent research has demonstrated strong internal consistency with α values ranging from .72 to .92 (Follingstad, Coker, Chahal, Brancato, & Bush, 2016; Hong, Lin, & Veach, 2008). Items were measured on a 5-point Likert-type scale from 1 ( strongly disagree ) to 5 ( strongly agree ).…”

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Prostitution Myth Endorsement

Menaker

Franklin

2018

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Women in the sex trade have experienced victim blame from first responders and victimization from buyers and traffickers. Women's ability to exit the sex trade may be negatively affected by bias from prostitution myth adherence that has normalized sexual exploitation and violence against women. Few studies have examined beliefs and behaviors that predict these problematic attitudes. In the current study, we assessed predictors of prostitution myth endorsement in a sample of 355 college students (196 women, 159 men). Gender, increased sexist attitudes toward women, frequency of pornography consumption, and self-control deficits significantly predicted prostitution myth adherence. Interactions between gender and study variables were not significant, demonstrating that gender did not moderate the relations between sexist attitudes toward women, lifetime sexual victimization, self-control deficits, and frequency of pornography consumption on prostitution myth endorsement. We discuss practice implications and future research directions with particular focus on the need to challenge and transform the current sociopolitical culture related to gender equity and healthy sexuality through advocacy and education.

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“…Finalmente, la Escala de Dependencia Específica de la Pareja; (Specific-spouse dependency scale-SSDS (Rathus & O’Leary, 1997) es uno de los instrumentos que ha recibido especial atención en el estudio de este constructo (Lemos & Londoño, 2006). Esta escala se ha utilizado en un amplio número de estudios en el contexto específico de relaciones amorosas o de pareja, y se ha empleado para analizar la dependencia interpersonal en adultos jóvenes, adultos, y personas mayores de ambos géneros (Bell et al, 2022; Buck et al, 2012; Follingstad et al, 2016; Laurin et al, 2016), así como en diferentes países como Estados Unidos, Irán, Italia o España (Broozi et al, 2018; Laurin et al, 2016; Petruccelli et al, 2014; Valor-Segura et al, 2009).…”

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“…Finally, the Spouse-Specific Dependency Scale (SSDS; Rathus & O’Leary, 1997) is one of the instruments that has received special attention for studying this construct (Lemos & Londoño, 2006). This scale has been used in a wide number of studies in the specific context of romantic or couple relationships, and it has been used to explore the interpersonal dependency in young adults, adults and old people of both genders (Bell et al, 2022; Buck et al, 2012; Follingstad et al, 2016; Laurin et al, 2016), and in different countries like the USA, Iran, Italy or Spain (Broozi et al, 2018; Laurin et al, 2016; Petruccelli et al, 2014; Valor-Segura et al, 2009).…”

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Couple-Specific Dependency Scale in Spanish adolescents and invariance by gender and relationship status (Escala de dependencia específica de la pareja en adolescentes españoles e invarianza por género y estatus de las relaciones)

Lorente-Anguís

López-Zafra

2022

International Journal of Social Psychology

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Measures about dependency in romantic relations mostly focus on adults, even though the first couple relations begin during adolescence. This study aims to adapt and validate a widely used instrument in different ages, the Spouse Specific Dependence Scale, in a sample of adolescents. A total of 481 participants, 15-17 years old (Study 1 = 234, M age = 16.04 years, SD = 0.68, and Study 2 = 247, M age = 15.88, SD = 0.72), completed the scale to determine its psychometric guarantees.In Study 1, a three-dimensional model yielded adequate indices, and invariance showed that girls and boys involved in a current relationship interpret items in a similar way. Moreover, the instrument shows convergent validation with jealousy and sexism. In Study 2, adolescents who were not in a relationship were compared to the Study 1 participants. Measurement invariance by relationship status showed that the two subsamples interpret the items in a different way. Our results show that this instrument is appropriated for measuring partner dependency in adolescent couples, but only when involved in a current relationship. RESUMEN

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Do Guns in the Home Predict Gender and Relationship Attitudes? An Exploratory Study

Cited by 5 publications

References 45 publications

Associations between men’s and women’s conformity to masculine role norms and firearm ownership: Contributions beyond, race, gender, and political ideology.

Associations between men’s and women’s conformity to masculine role norms and firearm ownership: Contributions beyond, race, gender, and political ideology.

Prostitution Myth Endorsement

Couple-Specific Dependency Scale in Spanish adolescents and invariance by gender and relationship status (Escala de dependencia específica de la pareja en adolescentes españoles e invarianza por género y estatus de las relaciones)

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