Gender Role Self-Concept and Leisure Activities of Adolescents

Abstract

The present study investigated the relevance of gender role self-concept to leisure activities of female and male adolescents. A sample of 310 Austrian adolescents (14 to 16 years old) participated in the study. Gender role self-concept was measured based upon a multi-dimensional conceptualization that includes positive and negative selfdescriptions. Gender role self-concept significantly predicted female-typed and male-typed leisure activities in addition to participants' gender and partially mediated the link between gender and female-typed leisure activities. The analyses revealed gender-congruent as well as genderincongruent associations between both the positive female and male role self-concept and the gender-typed leisure activities. Self-description with socially undesirable masculine traits was related to antisocial activities like using drugs, but also with socializing and sports activities.

Catalan adolescents’ media uses and leisure preferences related to new media and television

“…At the same time, electronic media played an important role in teenagers' leisure time and relational activities, with results consistent with those of previous studies presented above (e.g. Athenstaedt et al 2009;EGM Baròmetre 2014;Bell and Dittmar 2011;Coatsworth et al 2005;Fernández-Planells and FiguerasMaz 2012;Funes 2008;Holloway and Green 2008;Livingstone et al 2011;Roberts and Foehr 2008;Romer et al 2012;Videnovic´ et al 2010). In particular, the computer connected to the Internet represents the pillar of teenagers' personal media equipment.…”

“…In fact, more recent works, carried out since the last years of the 1990s, have identified the main features of youth's media and leisure habits, emphasizing in particular their use of new media (e.g., Athenstaedt et al 2009;Bell and Dittmar 2011;Coatsworth et al 2005;Hagen 2007;Holloway and Green 2008;Livingstone et al 2011;Pascoe 2011;Roberts and Foehr 2008;Romer et al 2012;Thulin and Vilhelmson 2007;Videnovic´ et al 2010;Wilska and Pedrozo 2007).…”

“…Second, gender differences can usually be found in regard to leisure activities: socializing and culture/education activities are generally more associated with girls, while sport and 'maladjusted' activities, such as smoking, drinking alcohol or consuming illegal drugs (Athenstaedt et al 2009), tend to be more related to boys. Besides, gender is also a differentiating trait in adolescents' media diet, boys usually being more inclined to use more new media than girls (Grimley and Allan 2010;Livingstone and Helsper 2007).…”

What They Want and What They Get: Self-Reported Motives, Perceived Competence, and Relatedness in Adolescent Leisure Activities

“…Furthermore, differences in leisure experiences may be affected by the adolescent's gender. Various studies have shown strong gender differences in adolescents' choices and preferences in leisure activity participation [29][30][31][32][33][34]. Girls have been found to be more involved than boys in individual sports and creative activities such as dancing, music, and drama, whereas boys have been found to spend more time than girls on team sport activities and computerrelated activities [30,32,[35][36][37][38][39].…”

Student’s Self-concept Profile Based on Gender: a Rasch Analysis

“…In the academic field, it is known that academic self-concept is part of self-concept [20], where there are differences in academic self-concept between male and female students [21], [22]. Self-concept also provides a difference in perceived emotion [23], [24], in which mood is happy or sadly very influential [25] towards the direction of both male and female activities [26]. In adolescence or at school in secondary education, emotional factors are very influential in the period of development of selfconcept [27], [28].…”