Browsing by Author "Zukauskiene, Rita"
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Article Citation Count: 31Country-level and individual-level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries(Wiley, 2020) Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza; Besta, Tomasz; Bosson, Jennifer K.; Jurek, Pawel; Vandello, Joesph A.; Best, Deborah L.; Zukauskiene, RitaMen sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher gender status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross-culturally, to test if both individual- and country-level variables predict men's collective action intentions to support gender equality. We tested a model in which men's zero-sum beliefs about gender predict reduced collective action intentions via an increase in hostile sexism. Because country-level gender equality may threaten men's higher gender status, we also examined whether the path from zero-sum beliefs to collective action intentions was stronger in countries higher in gender equality. Multilevel modeling on 6,734 men from 42 countries supported the individual-level mediation model, but found no evidence of moderation by country-level gender equality. Both country-level gender equality and individual-level zero-sum thinking independently predicted reductions in men's willingness to act collectively for gender equality.Article Citation Count: 38Psychometric Properties and Correlates of Precarious Manhood Beliefs in 62 Nations(Sage Publications inc, 2021) Bosson, Jennifer K.; Jurek, Pawel; Vandello, Joseph A.; Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza; Olech, Michal; Besta, Tomasz; Zukauskiene, RitaPrecarious manhood beliefs portray manhood, relative to womanhood, as a social status that is hard to earn, easy to lose, and proven via public action. Here, we present cross-cultural data on a brief measure of precarious manhood beliefs (the Precarious Manhood Beliefs scale [PMB]) that covaries meaningfully with other cross-culturally validated gender ideologies and with country-level indices of gender equality and human development. Using data from university samples in 62 countries across 13 world regions (N = 33,417), we demonstrate: (1) the psychometric isomorphism of the PMB (i.e., its comparability in meaning and statistical properties across the individual and country levels); (2) the PMB's distinctness from, and associations with, ambivalent sexism and ambivalence toward men; and (3) associations of the PMB with nation-level gender equality and human development. Findings are discussed in terms of their statistical and theoretical implications for understanding widely-held beliefs about the precariousness of the male gender role.