Analysis of responses to Shure and Meeker Personality/Attitude Schedule showed sexes differed in elevation on six factors. Subsamples participated in coalition game. Four of six factors were related to prenegotiation stage indices of coalition formation. Sex differences in coalition behavior may be mediated by sex role socialization differences.…

The authors examined how college men's conformity to an array of masculinity norms varied as a function of their vocational interests to better understand the gendered context of men's vocational development. Three hundred ten mostly Caucasian and heterosexual college men completed the Conformity to Masculine Norms Inventory, and their answer to…

In investigating emotional phenomena in humans, overt-behavioral, self-report, and physiological responses all often seem to be appropriate measures. However, experience has shown that these different kinds of response often do not vary together. It may be that these measures disagree because they are related to different underlying variables. To…

In this study, a random sample of 20 male care-givers was contrasted to 20 male engineers and 20 female care-givers on personality traits and sex typed contingency behaviors. Personalities of male care-givers corresponded to the feminine direction of their female counterparts, but were not significantly more feminine than male engineers.…

This study investigated the effect of an interaction between relatively active and relatively quiet boys on their joint activity level. (Author/RY)

The question of changes in men's family roles is considered from the standpoint of approaches that feminists of both sexes might use to bring about those changes. Emergent consensus subsumes strategies labeled as prosocial and self-interest. The remaining approach subsumes negotiation strategies. Suggestions and practical applications follow.…

An examination of 70 male college freshmen's stories written to a cue designed to elicit fear of success imagery revealed greater fear of success in students whose friends were not interested in college. These results may be due to fears of disapproval or rejection by such friends. (RL)

Uses evidence from recent brain research to prove that many behavioral differences between men and women are based on biologically inherent differences in brain functioning. (CM)