This is an "independent self-concept." Females on the other hand, tend to judge themselves more in terms of an "interconnected self-concept," meaning that they assess themselves in terms of how they interact with other people. Research has also demonstrated however that in countries like the United States, which are considered to be relatively individualistic, the independent self-concept prevails. However in countries in which community is valued higher than individualism, such as it is in numerous countries in Asia, South America and Africa, the interconnected self-concept is much more prominent. This demonstrates that socialization plays a major role in a person's concept of self because if these concepts were innate, then males and females in all cultures would view themselves by inherently devised standards as opposed to socially determined ones. It is generally accepted that gender socialization occurs from the time individuals are born to the time they die. Social learning theories can be used to explain how negative consequences of gender socialization in transgender clients evolve over the life span. By obtaining a deeper understanding of how these socialization processes shape the transgender individual's feelings of...
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