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Gender refers to the attitudes, feelings, and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person’s biological sex (APA, 2012). Gender is a social construct and a social identity. Use the term “gender” when referring to people as social groups.
15 lis 2023 · APA Dictionary of Psychology. gender. Updated on 11/15/2023. n. the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for different genders.
Gender identity refers to “a person’s deep felt, inherent sense of being a girl, woman, or female; a boy, a man, or male; a blend of male or female; [or another] gender” (APA, 2015, p. 862).
15 lis 2023 · Updated on 11/15/2023. a person’s psychological sense of self in relation to their gender. Many people describe gender identity as a deeply felt, inherent sense of being a boy, a man, or male; a girl, a woman, or female; or a nonbinary gender (e.g., genderqueer, gender-neutral, agender, gender-fluid, transgender) that may or may not ...
15 lis 2023 · gender psychology. the exploration of the concepts of gender across cultures and the influence of those concepts on behavior, health, interpersonal relationships, and psychological processes.
Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity is committed to improving equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in scientific research, in line with the APA Publishing EDI framework and APA’s trio of 2021 resolutions to address systemic racism in psychology.
2 Report of the APA Task Force on Gender Identity and Gender Variance force report reviews current research on gender identity and gender variance and makes several recommendations concerning policy development, education and training of psychologists, research, ways in which to address the needs of psychologists and students, and consultation with
