Students air their ambivalent views on male and female roles and sexual relationships in today's society. (PG)

Research on gender stereotypes has contrasted males with females, describing males by competency traits and females by traits which denote warmth or emotionality. However, it has become clear that these traits do not satisfactorily describe all members of either sex, since not all men possess only masculine characteristics and not all women…

The hypothesis that the presence of males inhibits the emergence of women as leaders and that this phenomenon is unrelated to differences in dominance, but rather to sex role expectations, was tested. Thirty women attending a woman's college were paired with both male and female peers, whom they did not know, for an experimental task in which one…

A study of men nursing students at the University of Iowa identified these problems: failure of the baccalaureate experience to meet vocational expectations, and student criticism of professional education and frustration with the repressive nature of the system. A composite picture of the male student, incorporating the findings, is presented.…

The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule was used to examine the relation of the sex role stereotypes held by college men and women to the objective measurement of these stereotyped characteristics. Subjects perceived numerous differences between the average female and male, but very few differences between the ideal female and male. (Author/EB)

This Inventory is designed to measure male and female self-concepts and perceptions of masculine and feminine values toward the masculine role. It is designed for use with college age and adult men and women. The Inventory consists of 34 statements expressing a value judgment related to men's activities and satisfactions. The purpose is to…

The self-perceptions and attributions for success among 561 college administrators were studied. Questionnaires were completed by presidents (27 percent), deans (27 percent), directors and coordinators (33 percent), and nonadministrative faculty (13 percent). Self-perceptions were measured by adjectives that were subsequently categorized as…

Explored how vocational choices inconsistent with sex-role expectations affect counselor's perceptions of male clients. After observing a male client choosing either a nursing or accounting career, graduate students assessed the clients' masculine or feminine attributes. Results indicated significant differences in counselor perceptions of clients…

Hypotheses about sex differences and inter-social role and intra-work role conflict were tested in a university setting. Results indicate that inter-role conflict is primarily a function of the number of social roles held. There was no number of social roles by sex interaction. (Author)

A study of 66 female and 56 male nurses employed in central Florida investigated the relationship between nursing experience and sex-role orientation and values. Nursing experience and degrees were similarly distributed across genders in the sample of nurses. The Bem Sex Role Inventory, a checklist of stereotypically feminine and masculine…

Gender differences in overall self-evaluation and in specific dimensions of self-concept were examined in 470 primarily white college and 501 high school students. The findings indicate that there are gender differences in overall self-evaluation that favor males and that there are differences in specific self-concept areas that are consistent…

As women begin to break through the midlevel ranks in academe, the empirical literature is beginning to emerge regarding the perceived differences in how women and men perform as leaders. Within this growing body of literature, researchers have found that there are important differences in the leadership styles, qualities, and priorities that…

A study investigated the effect of the psychological gender of the perceiver on evaluations of leadership performance of a male and a female manager engaging in either supportive or nonsupportive nonverbal communication with a male subordinate. Subjects were 139 male and 150 female undergraduates who had completed a personal attributes…

A study explored the relationship between romantic love and decision making power in college students' dating relationships. W. Waller's theory that the person who is "least in love" gains power over the person who is relatively "more in love" was tested in terms of C. Safilios-Rothchild's typology of "Orchestration…