Impact of Maternal Employment on Daughters' Sex-Role Orientation and Fear of Success

1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 963-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith D. Gilroy ◽  
Teresa M. Talierco ◽  
Roberta Steinbacher
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Maternal Employment ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Fear Of Success ◽  
Bem Sex Role Inventory ◽  
Employed Mothers

Maternal employment was related to scores on the Bem Sex-role Inventory as well as to fear of success in a sample of 90 high school females. Data indicated that the daughters of working mothers were significantly more androgynous and demonstrated less fear of success than did the daughters of non-working mothers. Results are discussed in terms of the modeling of a broad spectrum of sex-role behaviors by the employed mothers that are positively reflected in the daughters' self-concept.

Effects of Children on Parental Sex-Role Orientation

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAWRENCE H. GANONG ◽  
MARILYN COLEMAN
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Bem Sex Role Inventory ◽  
Role Socialization ◽  
Sex Role Socialization

The bidirectional approach to sex-role socialization provided the conceptual framework for determining if the sex-role self-concept of parents was affected more by the presence of sons than by the presence of daughters. The Bem Sex Role Inventory was administered to 153 parental dyads who had daughters only (n=41), sons only (n=41), or an equal number of both sons and daughters (n=71). Sex of child, especially sons, did appear to have an effect on parents' femininity. Fathers with sons have lower femininity scores than fathers with daughters only, and mothers with sons have higher femininity scores than mothers with daughters only.

Relationship between Parental Androgyny and Early Child-Rearing Ideals and Practices

1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 667-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Flake-Hobson ◽  
Bryan E. Robinson ◽  
Patsy Skeen
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Analysis Of Variance ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Single Parents ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Bem Sex Role Inventory ◽  
Chi Squared ◽  
Psychological Measure

This study was designed to investigate the child-rearing ideals and practices of sex-typed and androgynous parents of young children. It was hypothesized that sex-typed and androgynous parents would select their own sex-role orientation as their idealized child's orientation and that sex-typed parents would differ from androgynous parents on their reported child-rearing practices. A total of 119 parents (single parents were excluded) participated by completing the Bem Sex-role Inventory (Bem, 1974) and the Child-rearing Practices Report (Block, 1965). A chi squared analysis indicated that sex-typed parents preferred that their children grow up to be sex-typed and androgynous parents preferred that their children grow up to be androgynous. A one-way analysis of variance indicated no significant differences between the child-rearing practices of sex-typed and androgynous parents, except that sex-typed fathers emphasized achievement more than androgynous fathers. It was recommended that future researchers consider children's behaviors as elicitors of parental child-rearing practices and that a behavioral as well as a psychological measure be employed to identify androgynous parents.

Maternal Employment as a Determinant of Fear of Success in Females

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1200-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia A. Gibbons ◽  
Richard E. Kopelman
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public School ◽  
Maternal Employment ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
High School Seniors ◽  
Fear Of Success ◽  
Employment Level ◽  
Female High School

Fear of success was measured for 83 female high school seniors. It was hypothesized that daughters of working mothers would exhibit lower fear of success than daughters of non-working mothers, and such fear would be affected by three aspects of maternal employment, level, duration, and volitionality. Also, it was hypothesized that fear of success would be greater among parochial than among public school females. Results were somewhat supportive.

scholarly journals Comments on the Empirical Investigation of Women Managers: Their Fears

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 91-92
Author(s):  
Rosen john
Keyword(s):  
Women Managers ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Fear Of Success ◽  
Narrow Spectrum ◽  
Managerial Level ◽  
The Impact

In the October-December 1999 issue of Vikalpa (Vol 24, No 4), we had published an article titled “Fear of Success among Women Managers” by Sanghamitra Buddhapriya, which was an attempt to study the impact of managerial level and sex-role orientation on fear of success. In this rejoinder to her article, Rosen John discusses some of the shortcomings of the article especially with regard to the choice of sampling techniques selected and the narrow spectrum from which the respondents were chosen.

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: DIFFERENCES AMONG STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

1988 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-168
Author(s):  
Arthur G. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Bem Sex Role Inventory ◽  
Masculinity And Femininity ◽  
Teachers And Students

The Bem Sex-role Inventory was administered to a total of 408 students and 393 teachers who were randomly selected from seven Caribbean States. Analyses indicated marked differentiation of males (both teachers and students) and females (both teachers and students) in sex-role orientation. Comparisons between students arid teachers on both the masculinity and femininity dimensions showed the students to be more rigidly sex-typed.

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