Masculinity And Femininity Relationship

This study was conducted to help understand the relationship between femininity and seeking emotional and instrumental support as well as masculinity and coping with substance abuse of college students (n = 649). We predicted that femininity would correlate positively and significantly with seeking emotional and instrumental support in regards to coping as well as masculinity with substance abuse. Each participant scored with either higher masculinity or higher femininity and then with a high/low frequency of seeking emotional and instrumental support or substance abuse in analysis through a questionnaire. Our hypothesis was correct in that femininity had a positive a significant correlation however our hypothesis was incorrect in that masculinity had a significant yet negative correlation with substance abuse.

Relationship Between Coping, Masculinity and Femininity
Coping is an important part of every individual’s ability to deal with stressful situations that inevitably happen in our lives. We develop these …show more content…
It is difficult to truly determine whether or not the way someone deals with stress is directly related to that person's femininity, or possibly also whether or not they are female, however there is evidence in one study that supports those feminine female participants do benefit from their higher emotional intelligence to help them lessen the effects of such stress (O’Connor, Brown, 2016) which seeking emotional and instrumental support could be an example of emotional intelligence, therefore providing more evidence that this coping skill could be an effective and positive strategy used by some with higher