Sex differences in the correlations among field dependence, spatial ability, sex role orientation, and performance on Piaget's water-level task.

1978 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 689-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret L. Signorella ◽  
Wesley Jamison
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Water Level ◽  
Spatial Ability ◽  
Field Dependence ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
And Performance

Sex and Sex-Role Differences in Locus of Control

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 188-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tara L. Kuther
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Significant Relation

The relations among of sex, measures of sex-role orientation, and locus of control were examined with 240 undergraduates (150 women and 90 men). Although there were no sex differences on mean locus of control scores, a significant relation between scores on sex-role orientation and locus of control was observed for women but not for men.

Fear of Success, Sex-Role Orientation, and Performance in Differing Experimental Conditions

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 519-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varda Konstam ◽  
Harry B. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
White Female ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Fear Of Success ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Predicting Performance ◽  
Word Task ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Individual

The study was undertaken to explore the theoretical differences between Pappo and Horner, in regard to the significance of the variables of sex-role orientation of the individual and sex-role orientation of the task, in predicting performance of females high in fear of success. Subjects were 227 white female high school sophomores and juniors. It was hypochesized that with feedback of success on a task which was deemed sex-role inappropriate, individuals high in fear of success, who demonstrate a traditional sex-role orientation, would manifest smaller increments or larger decrements in performance between Scrambled Word Tasks II and I. Feedback of success-nonsuccess, sex-role orientation, and fear of success were not effective in predicting differences in performance on the Scrambled Word Task. The defensive patterns postulated by Pappo to be characteristic of the high fear of success individual were upheld.

Sex-Role Orientation, Self-Esteem, and Uniqueness: An Exploration of the Undifferentiated Category

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 859-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor W. Willemsen
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Personal Attributes ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Need For Uniqueness ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Personal Attributes Questionnaire

72 college students took the Personal Attributes Questionnaire, the five-scale Offer Self-image Questionnaire, and the Need for Uniqueness scale. Differences in self-esteem and uniqueness scores among undifferentiated, feminine, masculine, and androgynous individuals were determined. The analysis showed that androgynous and masculine individuals had generally better self-esteem than feminine and undifferentiated individuals. There were sex differences in self-esteem only for sexual and for social self-esteem. These differences were predicted by sex-role orientation with men's sexual self-esteem being enhanced by masculinity and depressed by femininity, whereas women's social self-esteem was predicted by masculinity. Need for Uniqueness appears to be an aspect of self-esteem for women but not for men.

Sex Differences on Piaget's Water-Level Task: Spatial Ability Incognito

1976 ◽  
Vol 42 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1323-1328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva R. Geiringer ◽  
Janet S. Hyde
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Water Level ◽  
Spatial Ability ◽  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Fifth Grade ◽  
12Th Grade ◽  
Mental Abilities ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Spatial Test

Sherman's (1967) hypothesis that sex differences in performance on many cognitive tasks can be explained by sex differences in spatial ability was extended to explain sex differences in performance on Piaget's water-level task. The hypothesis was supported. The correlations between average errors on the water-level task and performance on the Primary Mental Abilities, Spatial Relations Test were –.83 for 12th-grade males, –.97 for 12th-grade females, –.65 for fifth-grade males, and –.42 for fifth-grade females. Statistically significant sex differences were found on both the spatial test and the water-level task for the 12th graders, while neither test showed significant sex differences for the fifth graders. An analysis of covariance of sex differences in 12th graders' scores on the water-level task, using spatial performance as a covariate, indicated that sex differences were not statistically significant, suggesting that no important sex differences remain on the water-level task once differences in spatial ability have been removed.

Sex, Sex-Roles, and Irrational Beliefs

1987 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 631-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Coleman ◽  
Lawrence H. Ganong
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Irrational Beliefs ◽  
Sex Roles ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Role Socialization ◽  
Sex Role Socialization

Irrational beliefs have been related to a variety of psychological distresses, some of which are thought of more in relation to one sex than the other, i.e., depression, nonassertiveness, anger. However, Ellis did not assert that there were sex differences in irrational beliefs, and few researchers have examined the effect of sex-role socialization on irrational beliefs. The present study explored the effect of sex and sex-roles on irrational beliefs for a sample of 270 college students using the Irrational Beliefs Test and Bern's scale. While the study supports the belief that sex and sex-role are not unidimensional constructs, the data suggest that differences in sex-role socialization contribute to differences in adherence to irrational beliefs. It appears, however, that a feminine sex-role orientation is related to irrational beliefs. Although study is needed, clinicians are cautioned not to assume there are no sex or sex-role differences related to irrational thinking.

Sex differences, sex-role orientation, and reward allocations

Sex Roles ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
AnthonyB. Olejnik ◽  
Brigitte Tompkins ◽  
Claudia Heinbuck
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation

Exploring the Relationship Between Sex-role Orientation and Social-sexual Effectiveness

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Nelson ◽  
Travis Martin ◽  
Deena Oaks ◽  
Rebecca Stuver ◽  
Rick Wright
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
The Relationship

SEX-ROLE ORIENTATION AND MARITAL ADJUSTMENT

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Davidson ◽  
Donna L. Sollie
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Marital Adjustment ◽  
Symbolic Interaction ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theory Interpretation

The relationship between sex-role orientation and marital adjustment was investigated. Using a sample of 112 married couples, husbands and wives separately completed the Bem Sex-Role Inventory and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. The hypotheses tested were based on the assumption that an androgynous sex-role orientation, which incorporates both instrumental and expressive capacities, would be most positively related to self and spouse's marital adjustment, while an undifferentiated orientation would be least related. Results indicated that in general both androgynous and sex-typed individuals and their spouses were significantly higher in marital adjustment than were undifferentiated individuals and their spouses. In addition, spousal sex-role types were found to be related and couples in which both partners were classified as undifferentiated reported the lowest levels of marital adjustment while androgynous couples and sex-typed couples reported greater levels of marital adjustment. The results were discussed in relation to their support for a symbolic interaction/ role theory interpretation of the association between sex-role orientation and marital adjustment.

Sex-role orientation and achievement context as determinants of the motive to avoid success

Sex Roles ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
VirginiaE. O'Leary ◽  
Barbara Hammack
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation
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