Sex-role perceptions in chemically dependent subjects: adults versus adolescents.
Contrary to expectations, a study of 81 adolescent drug and/or alcohol addicts produced results quite similar to those found among an adult addicted population (Griffin-Shelley, 1986). On the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (Bem, 1974), these young people rated themselves, in descending order, Undifferentiated (43.2%), Masculine (23.5%), Androgynous (18.5%), and Feminine (14.8%). Despite their exaggerated "macho" and "seductive" attitudes and behaviors, which resemble their adult counterparts, chemically dependent adolescents suffer similarly from low self-esteem and poor adjustment. Addictions appear to have already damaged these young people in areas of self-worth and sex-role perception.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D013240:Stereotyping; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation