Androgynous Vs. Traditional Sex Roles in the Light of Biographical Variables [microform] / Juris I. Berzins and Robert E. Wetter
- Bib ID:
- 5401103
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Berzins, Juris I
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1979
- 14 p.
- Summary:
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Recent theory and research concerning sex roles have viewed masculinity and femininity as separate and independent dimensions of desirable human functioning, denoting dominant-instrumental and nurturant-expressive domains of behavior, respectively. Androgynous self-definitions may also provide greater adaptive advantages for members of both sexes. Male (N=386) and female (N=723) undergraduates completed the Personality Research Form ANDRO Scale and were classified as either masculine, feminine, androgynous, or undifferentiated; subjects also completed a Biographical Information Survey. Data revealed that masculinity scores related positively to prior parental cognitive encouragement, involvement in physical pursuits, freedom from dysphoric moods, and, among women only, to pro-feminist attitudes. Femininity scores were related positively to perceived parental warmth, current sociability, and, among women only, negatively to pro-feminist attitudes. Results suggest that androgynous self-definitions are meaningfully embedded in biographical variables suggestive of social competence. (Author/NRB)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association (25th, New Orleans, LA, March 28- 31, 1979).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Wetter, Robert E, author
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- ERIC
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