Gender Roles and Coping Strategies Among Adult Male Victims and Survivors of the February 6,2023 Earthquakes in Türkiye: A Structural Equality Model Proposal
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Gender Roles and Coping Strategies Among Adult Male Victims and Survivors of the February 6,2023 Earthquakes in Türkiye: A Structural Equality Model Proposal
The aim of this descriptive and cross-sectional study is to examine the relationship between gender roles and coping skills among male individuals who have experienced an earthquake. The sample of the study consisted of 203 male individuals who experienced the Türkiye earthquake on February 6, 2023. There was a positive and significant relationship between the scores obtained from the Bem Sex-Inventory Index and the Ways of Coping with Stress by the participants who were exposed to the earthquakes (p < .01). Of the participants, those who used the feminine gender role more used strategies such as self-confident approach, adoption of an optimistic approach and resort to social support more.
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