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Spence, Janet T. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2011
All good stories should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. The related pair of articles that earned the author a place in this Special Section, "Masculine Instrumentality and Feminine Expressiveness: Their Relationships with Sex Role Attitudes and Behaviors" (Spence & Helmreich, 1980) and "Instrumental and Expressive…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Story Telling, Career Development, Education Work Relationship
Psychological Masculinity and Femininity in Children and Its Relationship to Trait Stereotypes and Toy Preferences.
Spence, Janet T.; And Others – 1978
This study investigated the relationship of psychological masculinity and feminity in children to trait stereotyping and toy preferences. Subjects (157 boys and 157 girls in Grades K-4) were tested on a Child Test Battery, including the Child's Personal Attributes Questionnaire based on the adult PAQ (Spence, Helmreich & Stapp, 1974, 1975),…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Femininity
Negative and Positive Components of Psychological Masculinity and Femininity and Their Relationships to Self-Reports of Neurotic and Acting Out Behaviors.
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Spence, Janet T.; And Others – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1979
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, College Students, Femininity, Individual Differences
Desirable and Undesirable Masculine and Feminine Traits in Counseling Clients and Unselected Students.
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Holahan, Carole Kovalic; Spence, Janet T. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Correlations between Extended Personal Attributes Questionnaire scales and measures of worry, depression and anger confirmed previous results with unselected students. Socially desirable masculinity was negatively related to worry. Socially undesirable masculinity traits were positively related to depression and anger. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology)
Comparison of Masculine and Feminine Personality Attributes and Sex-Role Attitudes across Age Groups.
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Spence, Janet T.; Helmreich, Robert L. – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Scores on the Masculinity (M) and Femininity scales of the Personal Attributes Questionnaire were compared in male and female high school students, college students, parents of elementary school children, and parents of college students. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Negative Masculinity and Femininity: Neuroticism and Acting Out.
Spence, Janet T.; And Others – 1978
Recent evidence indicates that masculine and feminine personality attributes have only minimal associations with many kinds of sex role preferences, behaviors and attitudes, and that both masculine and feminine traits are positively associated with valued characteristics. This study investigated the measurement of some socially undesirable…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Rating Scales, Correlation