Sex Role Identity and Self Esteem in Adulthood
1981 ◽
Vol 12
(2)
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pp. 129-138
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Keyword(s):
Sex Role
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Sex role identity (Bern Sex Role Inventory) and self esteem (Texas Social Behavior Inventory) were examined in a cross sectional sample of 2069 Ohio State University students, employees, and alumni between the ages of seventeen and eighty-nine. Both men and women displayed peak masculinity scores in the middle years of adulthood, with no significant differences in femininity scores across the age range studied. Among both men and women, psychologically “androgynous” individuals displayed the highest levels of self esteem, followed by masculine sex-typed, feminine sex-typed, and “undifferentiated” individuals, in that order. Masculinity was a far better predictor of self esteem than was femininity.
2000 ◽
Vol 90
(3)
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pp. 751-756
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2016 ◽
Vol 31
(1)
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pp. 43-60
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1983 ◽
Vol 44
(2)
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pp. 334-343
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