%0 Journal Article
%@ 0360-0025
%A Zimmermann, Friederike
%A Sieverding, Monika
%A Müller, Stephanie M.
%C New York, NY
%D 2011
%F heidok:19812
%I Springer
%J Sex roles : a journal of research
%K Gender role, Masculine attributes, Feminine attributes, Alcohol, Cross-national research
%N 5
%P 394-404
%R 10.11588/heidok.00019812
%T Gender-related traits as predictors of alcohol use in male  German and Spanish university students
%U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/19812/
%V 64
%X This study examined instrumental (masculine  stereotyped) and expressive (feminine stereotyped) personality traits and alcohol use among men from Germany and Spain. Participants were 161 male university students (76 German, M-age=23 years; 77 Spanish, M-age=22 years), who  completed either a daytime or a nighttime drinking questionnaire, each including a Short Form of the Bem Sex Role Inventory. Poisson regression analyses with latent  predictors were conducted. The trait factors and their  interactions with nationality predicted daytime and nighttime alcohol use. The results add support to the assumption that alcohol use is associated with the construction of masculinity and that internalization of traditionally female attributes protects against health-risk behaviors such as alcohol consumption.