Sex-Role Identity and Attitudes toward Women in Traditional and Non-Traditional Occupations. Research Report #4-83.

Autor/inn/en	Knight, G. Diane; Sedlacek, William E.
Institution	Maryland Univ., College Park. Counseling Center.
Titel	Sex-Role Identity and Attitudes toward Women in Traditional and Non-Traditional Occupations. Research Report #4-83.
Quelle	(1983), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Choice; College Students; Females; Higher Education; Identification (Psychology); Nontraditional Occupations; Role Perception; Sex Bias; Sex Discrimination; Sex Fairness; Sex Role; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Weibliches Geschlecht; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Non-traditional occupations; Alternatives Berufsfeld; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Sex; Discrimination; Geschlecht; Diskriminierung; Sexualaufklärung; Geschlechterrolle; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	A study examined the extent to which college students differentially evaluated women in traditional, nontraditional, and unspecified occupations. It also investigated whether sex-role identification was a variable moderating the attitudes of students toward the kinds of occupations women selected. The Situational Attitude Scale for Women in Occupations and the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) were administered to 124 freshman university students. Students were classified as masculine sex-typed males, feminine sex-typed females, androgynous, or undifferentiated, using the BSRI. Data analyzed using two-way analysis of variance of occupational designation (form) and sex-role identification (role) yielded 18 items significantly different on role, 12 significantly different on form, and 4 significantly different on interaction of role and form. Results indicated women identified with nontraditional occupations were viewed less favorably than women identified with traditional occupations. Students with an androgynous self-concept were more likely to view women in any occupation more favorably. Masculine sex-typed males were most likely to hold negative attitudes toward women in any occupation and particularly toward women in nontraditional occupations. Results suggested that sex-role orientation had an impact on women's occupational choice and attitudes of male peers influenced women's career choice. (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01