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Masculinity and Femininity in Relation to Appearance Anxiety across University Men and Women in Lebanon
(2020) Balekdjian, Kohar
Research has shown that cultural context has an influence on self-objectification. Masculinity and femininity are cultural constructs that were found to be related to self-objectification. Hence, the study aimed to investigate the relationship between gender role identity (masculinity-femininity) and self-objectification particularly appearance anxiety among the Lebanese university students. This was a quantitative survey study in which five hypotheses were tested using a convenience sample of 152 university students with a range age between 18 and 20 years old. Data were collected through the administration of two questionnaires, Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ) (1987), and the Appearance Anxiety Scale (AAS) (Dion, Dion, & Keelan, 1990). The results yielded a positive significant correlation between appearance anxiety and masculinity in males, and contrary to what expected, a significant positive correlation was obtained between masculinity and appearance anxiety in females too. With regard to femininity, both in males and females, no significant correlation was obtained between femininity and appearance anxiety. Limitations and clinical implications were discussed at the end of the study.