Gender-specific manifestations of role victimization and exclusion experiences in older adolescence

Introduction. Modern adolescents often face demands that significantly exceed their internal resources, which eventually leads to a number of problems, including victimization associated with deviations and social exclusion. However, in modern psychology, the question of the gender specificity of exclusion experiences and victimization in relation to older adolescence remains open. This article analyzes the features of the manifestation of role victimization and the experience of social exclusion in older adolescents in the gender dimension.

Materials and methods. The study involved 100 older adolescents aged 15-17 (50 girls and 50 boys). The questionnaire of M. A. Odintsovo and N. P. Radchikova "Type of role victimization" was used to identify the type of role victimization. To study the experiences of social exclusion, the methodology "Experiencing social exclusion (PSI)" by G. V. Semenova, S. A. Vekilova and O. V. Rudykhina was used.

Results. The study confirmed the hypothesis about the gender-specific manifestations of role victimization in older adolescence. In particular, it was found that the autovictimal type of role victimization is more common among boys than among girls, who are much more likely to have a victim type of role victimization. The results also showed the presence of gender specificity in the experiences of social exclusion of older adolescents. Girls were more likely than boys to experience rejection in the dyad, while boys, unlike girls, had more pronounced experiences related to bullying. At the same time, in the group of victimized and hypervictimal older adolescents, gender differences corresponded to those found in the sample as a whole, while in the group of autovictimic adolescents they were recorded in favor of boys experiencing exclusion from status figures. The highest rates of experiencing social exclusion, regardless of gender, were observed in victimized and hypervictimal older adolescents.

Discussion and conclusions. Based on the results of the study, it is possible to talk about the presence of gender specificity in older adolescence, not only in terms of the manifestation of role victimization, but also in terms of experiences of social exclusion, and experiences of social exclusion in interpersonal relationships have some gender differences depending on the type of role victimization of older adolescents.

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