Masculinity and Femininity as predictors of tobacco and alcohol consumption in Spanish university students / Masculinidad y la feminidad como predictores del consumo de tabaco y alcohol en estudiantes universitarios españoles
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Comportamiento de salud, consumo de sustancias, normas de género, universitarios españoles. / Keywords, Health behaviors, substance consumption, gender norms, Spanish university.Abstract
Los comportamientos relacionados con la salud son parte de la forma en la que la gente construye sus normas de género. Los estudios han demostrado que las normas masculinas están asociadas con el consumo de alcohol en los hombres, pero hay una falta de datos en lo que se refiere a las normas femeninas en España. El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar el impacto de la conformidad con las normas de género en el consumo de tabaco y alcohol. Un total de 419 hombres y 435 mujeres universitarios/as españoles/as formaron parte de este estudio. Los resultados indican que los hombres con altas puntuaciones en la escala de Playboy son más propensos a ser fumadores de tabaco y consumidores de alcohol. Por otro lado, las mujeres tienen menos probabilidad de consumir tabaco y alcohol porque ese comportamiento no es consistente con las normas tradicionales de género femenino. En resumen, en lo que respecta con consumo de tabaco y alcohol, la masculinidad actúa de forma multidimensional. En concreto, algunos aspectos de la masculinidad protegen la salud, mientras que otras la ponen en riesgo. Para las mujeres, la feminidad tradicional tiene un efecto protector en el consumo de sustancias.
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Health-related behaviors are a part of the way in which people construct their gender role norms. The studies have shown masculine norms being associated with alcohol use in men but there is a lack of preceding data in feminine norms in Spain. The goal of the present study was to analyze the impact of conformity to gender norms on the consumption of tobacco and alcohol. 419 male and 435 female Spanish university students participated in the study. The results indicate that men with high scores on the Playboy scale are more likely to be tobacco smokers and alcohol drinkers. On the other hand, women are less likely to consume tobacco and alcohol because that behavior is not consistent with traditional female gender norms. To sum up, with regard to tobacco and alcohol consumption, masculinity acts multidimensionally. Specifically, some aspects of masculinity protect health, while others jeopardize it. For women, traditional femininity is protective against substance consumption.
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