Relation of Gender Identity and Vitality of High School Girl Students
This article is devoted to the problem of the relation of gender identity and hardiness of the girl students of different age. The causes leading to the crisis and changes in gender identity are examined. The author studies this relation of hardiness and attitudes towards gender identity using the sample of 168 girls students of a higher school with the help of Test of hardiness (Leontiev D.A. Rasskazova E.I.), M.Kuns technique Who am I and J. Teylors schedule of anxiety. The author comes to the conclusion that this relation is not a simple one and depends greatly on the family status of the girls. Motherhood is the factor determining important changes in gender identity, increasing the role of its family component. As a result mothers posititive perception of herself as a female turns out to be connected with the Attitude of control when other girls and womens perception is connected with attitudes of commitment and challenge