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Gender and Sex Identity to Adolescents
Gender and Sex Identity to Adolescents

Author(s): A.I. Dobrescu, Ioana-Anisa Atudorei
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: gender identity; sexual identity; parental models; gender roles;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents the theoretical framework and results of research carried out on adolescents regarding gender and sex identity. These results indicate the approach of youth to masculinity and femininity from a social point of view as well as from a biological one. Socialisation factors that influence the forming of these types of identities are: parents, the peer group of friends and mates, and mass media.

  • Issue Year: 11/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 67-74
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English