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.

An Examination of Locus of Control and Sex Role Orientation

1978 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald C. Devine ◽  
Judith M. Stillion
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Sex Role Orientation

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.

Locus of Control and Traditional/Non-Traditional Sex-Role Orientations in a Sample of British Female Undergraduates

1977 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 1015-1019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sammie Chasia ◽  
Isidore E. Eyo
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Major Determinant ◽  
Role Orientation ◽  
Role Perceptions ◽  
Sex Role Orientation ◽  
Orientation Scores ◽  
Role Orientations

67 British female undergraduates were categorized as “traditional” ( n = 21), “mixed” ( n = 26), and “contemporary” ( n = 20) on the basis of their scores on two sex-role orientation scales. Relationships were then investigated between their locus of control and sex-role orientation scores. While some likelihood existed that the more traditional the subjects were in role orientation the more external they tended to be, sizeable proportions of both internals and externals were in all three categories. Locus of control could not be regarded as a major determinant of adherence or non-adherence to traditional sex-role perceptions. Caution in generalizing the results was therefore suggested. Moreover, the two sex-role orientation scales were differentially effective in separating internals and externals; a reexamination of scale contents was suggested.

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

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.

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