PERSONALITY TRAITS ACCORDING TO SOCIAL GENDER ROLES - The Mediating Role of Obsessive Beliefs

How do socially constructed gender roles shape who we become? And through which psychological mechanisms do these roles influence enduring patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior?
In Personality Traits According to Social Gender Roles: The Mediating Role of Obsessive Beliefs, this book offers a comprehensive and empirically grounded examination of the relationship between gender role attitudes, personality traits, and obsessive belief systems. Departing from traditional approaches that primarily view personality as a determinant of social roles, this work adopts an inverse perspective and investigates how internalized social expectations contribute to personality development.
Drawing on the Five-Factor Model of personality, contemporary gender role theories, and cognitive-behavioral frameworks, the book demonstrates how dysfunctional cognitive patterns -such as perfectionism, intolerance of uncertainty, and exaggerated responsibility- function as a psychological bridge between social norms and individual personality structures. It constitutes a valuable resource for researchers, clinicians, and graduate students interested in personality, gender studies, and cognitive processes.