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The Psychological Study of Gender: Moving Beyond the Binary

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dc.contributor.advisorRutherford, Alexandra
dc.creatorStrazds, Alexis Juniper
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-05T14:59:28Z
dc.date.available2019-03-05T14:59:28Z
dc.date.copyright2018-12-06
dc.date.issued2019-03-05
dc.date.updated2019-03-05T14:59:28Z
dc.degree.disciplinePsychology (Functional Area: Social and Personality)
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractQuantitative gender research within Psychology has traditionally been limited and inherently exclusionary of people with non-binary genders. Focusing research on aspects of gender with inclusive methods can allow us to develop a more fundamental understanding of gender beyond just masculinity and femininity. The present study explores the validity of two measures of gender self-schema gender salience and schematic breadth to demonstrate how such methods can be both more inclusive and lead to a more nuanced understanding of gender. Schematic breadth was explored separately between three types role, presentation/performance, and identity and between gender groups. Notably, non-binary people were found to use significantly fewer role terms than other genders. This suggests that gender role may take on a different meaning for non-binary people, supporting the idea that new approaches are required to understand gender in an inclusive way that moves beyond the binary of masculinity and femininity.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/35910
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGender studies
dc.subject.keywordsgender
dc.subject.keywordstransgender
dc.subject.keywordsinclusive methods
dc.subject.keywordsschemas
dc.titleThe Psychological Study of Gender: Moving Beyond the Binary
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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