Jonathan S. Gore, PhD

People with a highly physical self-construal (PhySC) define themselves based on their physical body and its capabilities. Our research on this form of self-definition is just getting started, but we already have developed a valid and reliable measure for it.

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My research to this point is mostly developing and validating the measure of PhySC, as well as linking it to gender roles and gender-typed outcomes. I believe that self-construal is more explanatory of gender-typed outcomes than gender identity. As you can see, we're just getting started!

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Future research will examine how PhySC is linked to hormones, aptitudes, career interests, relationship formation and maintenance, cultural norms, aggression, and leisure activities.

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PUBLICATIONS

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Gore, J. S., & Ruholt, R. (in preparation). Revisiting sex differences through self-construal.

 

Gore, J. S., Dean, A., & Ryan, E. (in preparation). I am my body: Physicality as a new form of self-construal.

 

Herbig, M., & Gore, J. S. (under review). Physical self-construal and childrearing practices.

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