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Peer reviewedGrieve, Norma; And Others – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1988
Compared 60 Italian-Australian and 48 Anglo-Australian adolescent girls on self-esteem and measures associated with sex roles. Found self-esteem and sex role satisfaction did not differ in two groups, and no significant differences in attitudes toward sex role differentiation. Groups differed in pattern of variables associated with self-esteem and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedGoldman, Juliette D.G.; Goldman, Ronald J. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1983
Children's perceived differences between mothers and fathers, and their perceived roles were examined in several countries. In all groups, mothers are seen as predominantly concerned with domestic duties, while fathers are seen as occupying positions of higher status and playing authority/leadership roles in the family. (AOS)
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Fathers
Poole, Millicent – 1978
This volume contains a comprehensive review and analysis of existing Australian research on early school leaving behavior, focusing on girls. Part One gives an overview of school leavers, and data on general trends are considered. Observable trends in school leaving statistics are examined from antecedents through the school leaving decision to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Peer reviewedBurns, Ailsa; Homel, Ross – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1986
Children's satisfaction with being a member of their own sex was explored within two Australian samples. Girls were less satisfied with their sex role than boys, and older girls were more dissatisfied than younger girls. In a sample chosen to include adequate representation of children of non-Anglo immigrants, non-Anglo girls were just as…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedKim, Sook-Kyoung; Lewis, George F. – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Investigated impact of Derman Sparks' Anti-Bias Curriculum on gender role stereotyping. Found that children who experienced the curriculum were more aware of anti-bias gender roles than children from a contrast center. Asian children were less aware than non-Asian Australian children, but both showed increasing awareness after intervention. There…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum
Download full textTsolidis, Georgina – 1994
This research combines personal experience and a literature review to explore the issue of duality of social positioning of Australian ethnic minority girls. Caught between the minority cultural values and the larger culture's values of girls' education and multiculturalism, the dualism causes conflict within many minority girls. Of particular…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Females, Feminism, Foreign Countries
