Notes that the basic goals of the women's movement and of the human relation movements are the same. Also suggests that by avoiding rhetoric and respecting learning pace and readiness human relations practitioners can often translate the message of womens liberation to women in traditional roles. (Author/AM)

Discusses women's labor force activity and resultant changes in the economic and social structure of the family on consumption patterns, on the division of labor among spouses, and on child-rearing practices. (TA)

We cannot accurately speak of women and men in general. Each one of us is a human being before being 'man' or 'woman.' And each one of us, man or woman, has roles and functions to fulfill, individually, inter-individually and socially. Here is where the differences begin. These are most emphatically not differences in value, only differences in…

Investigates the relationship of women's current role choices, role satisfaction, and self-esteem to their perceptions of the earlier relationship with their mothers and to their perceptions of their mothers' role choices and role satisfaction. (Author/ABB)

Compared husband's role in single- and dual-earner families on perceptions of the ideal role of husband by both spouses, decision-making roles, and division of domestic labor. Except in decision-making, the wife's employment made little difference to either perception or performance of the husband's role. (Author/KS).

Illustrating that their roles are as diverse as non-farm women, four short articles give new perspectives on farm women: the numbers and types of farms run by women, an historical review of women on the farm, the non-farm jobs many work at, and the specific farm activities they are responsible for. (NEC)

Examined how assessments of role behavior in the family and relative deprivation in work-family situations were linked with depression among homemakers (N=130) and employed married women (N=135). Results showed that negative evaluations of role behavior in the family were more depressing to homemakers than to employed women. (NRB)

Describes home, farm, and wage-earning roles of a sample of 25 Appalachian farm women who appear to be successfully managing roles and contributing to families. Role descriptions include measures of attitudes toward married women and work, self concept, and family decision-making structures. Implications are discussed in relation to educational…

Shows how Caldecott and Newbery Medal books have reflected the changing norms of society during the past two decades. Specifically in the increased number of books with women as main characters, positive images of females, and situations similar to those encountered in everyday life. (EL)

Examines how men and women combine and coordinate work and family roles over the life course. Discusses the constraints of work and family roles, work/family role coordination over the life course (sequential work/family role staging and symmetrical work/family role allocation), and policy implications of work/family linkages. (CT)

Describes a course designed to help solve the confusion and bewilderment about their role and future in society with which many students must deal. (Author/RK)

Presents a model of role conflict coping behavior that is based on three levels in the role process: structural role definition, personal role redefinition, and reactive role behavior. Using the results of a survey of college educated women, 16 behavioral strategies are identified and classified. The relationship between coping behavior and…

Compares two surveys of attitudes toward the emancipation of women, one taken in 1966 among residents of small towns, the capital city, and rural communities; and the other taken in 1970 as a part of the Finnish Gallup Poll. (JM)

Identifies the motive to avoid success as an internal psychological representative of the dominant societal stereotype which views competence, independence, competition, and intellectual achievement as qualities basically inconsistent with femininity, even though positively related to masculinity and mental health. (Author/JM)

The results demonstrated that self concept was significently associated with vocational maturity and indicated self-concept and feminine role concept of own self are useful in predicting vocational maturity. The more the girl viewed her role as being liberal, the higher was her level of vocational maturity. (Author)