TY - JOUR
T1 - Boy crisis? Sex differences in self-injurious behaviors and the effects of gender role conflicts among college students in China
AU - Chao, Qiuling
AU - Yang, Xueyan
AU - Luo, Cheng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - In Western research, self-injurious behaviors are commonly viewed as “feminine” behavior. In this present study, using the data from a survey administered to 960 first-and second-year students in Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, the self-injurious behaviors among college students are analyzed by sex. The results reported that the average prevalence of self-injurious behaviors among male students is 35.2%, higher than the 20.4% observed among female students (p < .1), and the average frequency of severe self-injurious behaviors among male students is 0.4, higher than the 0.18 reported among female students (p < .05). Gender role conflicts and verbal violence are strongly associated with male students’ self-injurious behaviors, whereas gender role conflicts and verbal, visual, and sexual violence are strongly associated with female students’ self-injurious behaviors. This suggests that self-injurious behaviors among college students in China constitute, to some extent, a boy crisis that can be well explained by gender role conflicts. In addition, verbal violence leads to self-injurious behaviors among both male and female students, whereas visual and sexual violence lead to self-injurious behaviors only among female students.
AB - In Western research, self-injurious behaviors are commonly viewed as “feminine” behavior. In this present study, using the data from a survey administered to 960 first-and second-year students in Xi’an Jiaotong University in China, the self-injurious behaviors among college students are analyzed by sex. The results reported that the average prevalence of self-injurious behaviors among male students is 35.2%, higher than the 20.4% observed among female students (p < .1), and the average frequency of severe self-injurious behaviors among male students is 0.4, higher than the 0.18 reported among female students (p < .05). Gender role conflicts and verbal violence are strongly associated with male students’ self-injurious behaviors, whereas gender role conflicts and verbal, visual, and sexual violence are strongly associated with female students’ self-injurious behaviors. This suggests that self-injurious behaviors among college students in China constitute, to some extent, a boy crisis that can be well explained by gender role conflicts. In addition, verbal violence leads to self-injurious behaviors among both male and female students, whereas visual and sexual violence lead to self-injurious behaviors only among female students.
KW - Boy crisis
KW - Gender role conflicts
KW - Self-injurious behaviors
KW - Violent experiences
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84994804677&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1557988315579096
DO - 10.1177/1557988315579096
M3 - Article
C2 - 25846771
AN - SCOPUS:84994804677
SN - 1557-9883
VL - 10
SP - N1-N10
JO - American Journal of Men's Health
JF - American Journal of Men's Health
IS - 6
ER -