Giordano Peggy C, Longmore Monica A, Manning Wendy D, Northcutt Miriam J
Department of Sociology and Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
Soc Forces. 2009 Jun 1;87(4):1813-1843. doi: 10.1353/sof.0.0186.
We investigate the social and behavioral characteristics of male adolescents who self-identify as players, focusing particularly on Anderson's claim that this social role is inextricably linked with poverty and minority status. Results indicate that African American respondents, those affiliated with liberal peers and young men who initially report a relatively high number of sexual partners are more likely to resonate with this identity label. Nevertheless, analyses reveal that a number of players within the sample are not disadvantaged African American youth, and there is considerable variability in their attitude and behavior profiles. Findings based on longitudinal analyses indicate that the player identity is a significant predictor of later variations in self-reported sexual behavior, net of traditional predictors, including prior behavior. Yet results of in-depth interviews conducted with a subset of the respondents complicate these quantitative findings, highlighting that young men's perceptions of this identity are not as uniformly positive as Anderson's depiction might lead us to expect.
我们研究了自我认定为“玩家”的男性青少年的社会和行为特征，特别关注安德森的观点，即这种社会角色与贫困和少数族裔身份有着千丝万缕的联系。结果表明，非裔美国受访者、与思想开明的同龄人交往的人以及最初报告有相对较多性伴侣的年轻男性更有可能认同这个身份标签。然而，分析显示，样本中的一些“玩家”并非处于不利地位的非裔美国青年，他们的态度和行为特征存在相当大的差异。基于纵向分析的结果表明，在排除包括先前行为在内的传统预测因素后，“玩家”身份是自我报告的性行为后期变化的一个重要预测指标。然而，对一部分受访者进行的深入访谈结果使这些定量研究结果变得复杂，突出表明年轻男性对这个身份的认知并不像安德森所描述的那样一致积极。
