TikTok Use Intensity and Extreme Attitudes Toward Men

This record contains the working paper “TikTok Use Intensity and Extreme Attitudes Toward Men: Associations with Feminist Identification, Ambivalent Sexism, Sexual-Liberal Attitudes, and Gender Double Standards”, its Polish translation, and an anonymized SPSS dataset.

The study examines associations between self-reported TikTok-use intensity (P92) and gender-related attitudes in an unweighted nationwide Polish CAWI sample of 2,001 heterosexual adults aged 18–35 (982 women and 1,019 men). The primary outcome was an exploratory four-item P88–P91 index measuring endorsement of extreme, asymmetric statements concerning men. Additional analyses covered feminist identification, hostile and benevolent sexism, sexual-liberal attitudes, and gender double standards assessed through randomized vignette pairs concerning physical violence, emotional abuse, and partner requirements.

Higher TikTok-use intensity was positively and progressively associated with the P88–P91 index (ρ = .339, p < .001). The association remained significant after adjustment for demographic characteristics, political orientation, feminist identification, hostile sexism, and benevolent sexism (β = .276, p < .001), although it was attenuated after adjustment for perceived effects of feminism. No convincing moderation of experimentally measured gender asymmetries in judgments of physical violence, emotional abuse, or partner requirements was observed.

The cross-sectional, self-report design does not establish causal direction. The P88–P91 composite is exploratory and has not been validated as a standardized scale. The findings should not be generalized automatically beyond heterosexual adults aged 18–35 in Poland. The accompanying dataset has been de-identified and restricted to variables relevant to the TikTok study.