en Gender Stereotyping Among School-Going Female and Male Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Rural Area of Western Maharashtra, India عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div dir="ltr"><strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Abstract<br> Introduction: </span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gender stereotyping is the generalized and ambiguous impression of an individual&#39;s roles in society based on one&#39;s gender, remarkably difficult to abandon. These biases play an important role in vocational choices. The aim of the current research was to study attitudes towards women, gender stereotyping, and gender biases among adolescent boys and girls from a rural area. </span></span><br> <strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Methods: </span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">It was a cross-sectional study conducted from Sept. 2016 to Aug. 2017 among rural school-going adolescents. A total of 826 samples were</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> included in the study with</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> convenience multi-stage sampling</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">. </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Statistical analysis</span></span></span> <span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">was done using d</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">escriptive statistics, chi-square test, and Mann-Whitney U test. The data entry and analysis were performed using MS Excel and SPSS-22 with 5 % significant level. </span></span></span><br> <strong><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Results: </span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">The mean age of 826 participants was 13.99 years with 297 (36%) being males. A higher percentage of the participants had a positive attitude towards females (83.9%) as well as a positive attitude towards crime against women</span></span></span> <span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">(79.1%). However, gender stereotyping (54.6%) and male bias (58.6%)were present in the majority among them. There was a significant &nbsp;correlation between all the scales and gender (p<0.05); with better attitudes among females. </span></span></span><br> <strong><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conclusion: </span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although the overall attitude towards females was better in adolescents, gender bias remains an important problem.</span></span></span></div> <strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Abstract<br> Introduction: </span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gender stereotyping is the generalized and ambiguous impression of an individual&#39;s roles in society based on one&#39;s gender, remarkably difficult to abandon. These biases play an important role in vocational choices. The aim of the current research was to study attitudes towards women, gender stereotyping, and gender biases among adolescent boys and girls from a rural area. </span></span><br> <strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Methods: </span></span></strong><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">It was a cross-sectional study conducted from Sept. 2016 to Aug. 2017 among rural school-going adolescents. A total of 826 samples were</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> included in the study with</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> convenience multi-stage sampling</span></span><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">. </span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Statistical analysis</span></span></span> <span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">was done using d</span></span></span><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">escriptive statistics, chi-square test, and Mann-Whitney U test. The data entry and analysis were performed using MS Excel and SPSS-22 with 5 % significant level. </span></span></span><br> <strong><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Results: </span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">The mean age of 826 participants was 13.99 years with 297 (36%) being males. A higher percentage of the participants had a positive attitude towards females (83.9%) as well as a positive attitude towards crime against women</span></span></span> <span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">(79.1%). However, gender stereotyping (54.6%) and male bias (58.6%)were present in the majority among them. There was a significant &nbsp;correlation between all the scales and gender (p<0.05); with better attitudes among females. </span></span></span><br> <strong><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Conclusion: </span></span></span></strong><span style="color:black;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although the overall attitude towards females was better in adolescents, gender bias remains an important problem.</span></span></span> Adolescents, Gender bias, Attitudes, Stereotyping, India Adolescents, Gender bias, Attitudes, Stereotyping, India 4 11 http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1594-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Vivek Waghachavare Vivek Waghachavare vivek416416@gmail.com 0000-0002-2583-4525 Yes 1. Department of Community Medicine,Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College & Hospital, Sangli 1. Department of Community Medicine,Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College & Hospital, Sangli Girish Dhumale Girish Dhumale dr.dhumalegb@gmail.com No 1. Department of Community Medicine,Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College & Hospital, Sangli 1. Department of Community Medicine,Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College & Hospital, Sangli Jitesh Kadam Jitesh Kadam psmbvdumchs@gmail.com No 1. Department of Community Medicine,Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College & Hospital, Sangli 1. Department of Community Medicine,Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) Medical College & Hospital, Sangli