Sex-Role Perceptions in Chemically Dependent Subjects: Adults Versus Adolescents
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 25 (12) , 1383-1391
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826089009056225
Abstract
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 Bern Sex-Role Inventory (Bern, 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.Keywords
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