Cardos, Brianna (2022) The impact of gender on identity construction in interactions. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Identity occurs in the context of social day-to-day interactions. The identity of one individual is established within different contexts for a specific audience, with a particular purpose. There is a lack of research investigating the context-dependence of identity construction in the context of gender, although current literature signals that the way people talk with others is different based on the gender of their conversation partners. Thus, the aim of this paper is to investigate potential differences in the way that individuals construct identity claims based on their partner's gender. This was achieved by following the speed dating conversation one bisexual man had with four women and seven men. Patterns of identity construction were extracted and an analysis of function was carried out. The findings illustrate that although identity can be stable and formulaic in construction across gender contexts, it can also be used as a tool and differ in function and construction depending on the partner gender. Further research is needed on identity construction across different contexts. Keywords: identity content, identity construction, interactions, context, gender
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Gmelin, J.H. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2022 09:29 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2022 09:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1164 |
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