Gender identity development in the shadow of socialization: a grounded theory approach

Archives of Women's Mental Health
Mahsa Sadat MousaviShahnaz Kohan

Abstract

Gender identity is one of the basic forms of identity which has a key role in the mental health during adolescence. The present study was conducted to determine the process of gender identity development among Iranian female adolescents. In this grounded theory study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 55 purposefully and theoretical selected participants including 30 female adolescents and 25 key informants who lived in urban society of Isfahan, Iran, in 2016-2018. Data were analyzed using Strauss and Corbin's mode of analysis (2008), through constant comparative method, applying levels of open, axial, and selective coding with MAXQDA software. Development of gender identity in the shadow of socialization was presented as the core category extracted from the data in this study. Female adolescents would use "sexual self-expression during puberty," "attachment to parents and peers," "tendency towards the opposite sex," and "effort for social acceptance" as the main strategies in the development of gender identity until achieving "stabilized gender identity." "Girls' communicational skills" and "parents' empowerment" were the causal conditions in this process. "Gender differences" and "sociocultural texture of the soc...Continue Reading

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