Effects of gender and sex-role orientation on sexual attitudes among Turkish university students

2013 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 995-1008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeynep Hatipoğlu Sümer
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
University Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Sexual Attitudes ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Premarital Sex ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Turkish University Students

My purpose was to investigate the effects of gender and sex-role orientation on attitudes toward autoeroticism/masturbation, abortion, pornography, homosexuality, premarital sex, and sexual coercion among Turkish university students. Participants were 468 undergraduate students from 3 large urban universities in Ankara. The Turkish version of the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI; Bem, 1974) and the Sexual Knowledge and Attitude Test for Adolescents (SKAT-A; Fullard, Johnston, & Lief, 1998) were used to collect data. Results revealed no sex-role orientation effect on sexual attitudes. Furthermore, no gender differences were observed in attitudes toward masturbation, homosexuality, and premarital sex. The attitude subscales on which meaningful gender differences were found were abortion, pornography, and sexual coercion. Findings are discussed with respect to the role of Turkish culture in the development of attitudes toward sexuality.

The influence of sex and sex role orientation on sexual coercion

Sex Roles ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 689-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Poppen ◽  
Nina J. Segal
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation

Gender Differences in Dream Content: Related to Biological Sex or Sex Role Orientation?

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Schredl ◽  
Franc Paul ◽  
Olaf Lahl ◽  
Anja S. Göritz
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Dream Content ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Biological Sex

Sex-Role Orientation of University Students

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 316-316
Author(s):  
Ruth E. Martin ◽  
Harriett K. Light
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation

Gender differences in personality: Biological and/or psychological?

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 303-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Günter Krampen ◽  
Britt Effertz ◽  
Ursula Jostock ◽  
Beatrix Müller
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
University Students ◽  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Spatial Reasoning ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Personality Variables

The results of three empirical studies are reported in which the hypothesis is tested that differences in personality variables between the morphophenotype sexes can be explained by psychological sex‐role orientation variables. Furthermore, it was expected that normative sex‐role orientations (measured with the SRO‐S and the AWS‐S Scales) and gender‐related self‐concepts (femininity, masculinity, and androgyny measured with a modified BSRI) explain more variance in personality variables than morphophenotype sex. Besides these sex‐role orientation variables, test and questionnaire data on verbal fluency, spatial reasoning, self‐concept, anxiety, and aggressiveness were obtained in Study I from 50 young adults and their same‐sex parents; in Study II, data on verbal fluency, spatial reasoning, self‐concept, anxiety, and neuroticism were obtained from 120 university students; and in Study III, data on anxiety, locus of control, and Machiavellianism were obtained from 226 university students. The results confirm both hypotheses for the two aspects of intelligence studied, domain‐specific self‐concepts, different aspects of anxiety and aggressiveness, neuroticism, powerful others' externality in locus of control, and Machiavellianism. For all these personality variables the effect sizes of the psychological gender variables were larger than those of morphophenotype sex and reached medium to large values.

Sociotropy, Autonomy, and Masculinity/Femininity: Implications for Vulnerability to Depression

2009 ◽  
Vol 104 (2) ◽  
pp. 549-557 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jody L. Newman ◽  
Dale R. Fuqua ◽  
Elizabeth A. Gray ◽  
Namok Choi
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Orientation Relations ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
Principal Axis Factor Analysis ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Sociotropy And Autonomy

To explore the magnitude of overlap between sociotropy and autonomy with sex-role orientation, relations of Beck's Sociotropy–Autonomy Scale with 6 measures of sex-role orientation were examined using a convenience sample of 153 undergraduate students. The sample included 95 women and 58 men whose mean age was 20.4 yr. A principal axis factor analysis yielded two clear factors, one masculine and one feminine. Sociotropy related strongly to the feminine factor, and Autonomy related strongly to the masculine factor. The mean score for women was significantly higher than that for men on Sociotropy, but the mean difference on Autonomy was not statistically significant. These findings suggest there may be some definitional overlap between vulnerability to depression and 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.

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