The relationship between negative automatic thoughts and gender roles in orthopedically handicapped individuals

Automatic thoughts and social gender role perceptions of orthopedically handicapped individuals were researched in this study. It was aimed to determine the effects of social gender role perceptions on automatic thoughts. Besides, it was aimed to reveal differences in social gender role perception and automatic thoughts regarding sociodemographic factors. Research was executed with data from 50 male, 50 female orthopedically handicapped individuals living in İstanbul. The research data was gathered by means of Social Gender Roles Scale and Automatic Thoughts Scale. Correlation, regression and parametric difference tests were used as statistical analysis techniques. Research findings demonstrated that traditional gender as a social gender role have a positive effect on automatic self-thoughts as it increases thoughts on loneliness. Woman and man gender roles on the other side, decreases thoughts on loneliness, helplessness, confusion and escape and, personal maladjustments. Automatic thoughts in general were found to be differing according to age. Automatic thoughts and social gender roles differ according to parents' educational level, family income level, congenital disability and loss rate of physical disability. Keywords: Social Gender, Automatic Thoughts, Orthopaedical Handicap