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Molina, Carmen Eneida, Ed.; And Others – 1980
This guide for teachers, in English and Spanish, examines the role parents play in the socialization of sex roles. A pre-test and post test are included to measure the user's awareness of sexual stereotyping. Five object lessons cover the following topics: (1) stereotypes which exist prior to a baby's birth; (2) behavioral standards on which…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Child Rearing, Learning Modules, Parent Attitudes
Melson, Gail F. – 1976
Evidence for sex-typed perception and use of the housing environment is presented in several studies, and implications of such sex-typing for family conflict behavior are discussed. In the first study, conducted with 200 female undergraduates, it was found that sex-typed perception of within-home spaces was related to sex-typed use of personal…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Family Life, Family Problems, Human Relations
Oller, C. Sakre – 1979
This thesis explores the idea that aspirants in the field of educational administration, particularly females, may be remiss in assessing both the capabilities they bring to the field and their individual chances of finding work there. Perceptions of the subjects were studied via survey research in three main areas: graduate school experiences,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Fraad, Harriet – 1975
This dissertation explored the extent and kind of sex-role stereotyping in popular, prestigious, and sex-role defining children's picture books printed between 1959 and 1972. The sample consisted of two categories of popular children's picture books, best-selling golden books and "New York Times" children's best-sellers, one category of Caldecott…
Descriptors: Books, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Doctoral Dissertations
Gamble, Teri Kwal – 1976
This study investigated the effect of the sex of an oral interpreter and the sex of the dramatic character portrayed on audience evaluation of performer effectiveness and audience comprehension of the passage presented. Two interpreters, one male and one female, each performed six monologues, three of which were feminine and three of which were…
Descriptors: Audiences, Behavioral Science Research, Credibility, Dramatics

Abramowitz, Christine V. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1977
Male and female therapists read bogus case descriptions of families in which a boy or girl was depicted as athletically incompetent or obese and unattractive, and rendered judgments of mother versus father blame and treatment need. Mothers were implicated in children's psychopathologies slightly more than fathers, but less than expected. (Author)
Descriptors: Bias, Counselor Attitudes, Interaction Process Analysis, Parent Child Relationship

South, Scott J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1988
Tested hypotheses concerning sex ratios, women's roles, and economic power with data from 111 countries. Found undersupply of women positively associated with proportion of women who marry and fertility rate; inversely associated with women's average age at marriage, literacy rate, and divorce rate. Suggests women's economic power may counteract…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Demography, Economic Factors, Employed Women

Burns, 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

Lifschitz, Sylvia – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1983
High school students rated males and females in traditional and nontraditional occupations on six personality traits: ambition, effectiveness, emotionality, intelligence, responsibility, and traditionality. Results revealed more occupational stereotypes than sex role stereotypes. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, High School Students, High Schools, Nontraditional Occupations

Bradford, Janet – Impact of Science on Society, 1980
Presents a report from an oceanographer in New Zealand who analyzes the predominant moves of the citizens of New Zealand when it comes to rearing children and apportioning sex roles. She relates her own background and proposes measures for social reform. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Employed Women, Higher Education

Gray, Janet Dreyfus – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1980
Many women who seek to combine a demanding career and a family encounter a variety of problems and conflicts. The special problems of these women as well as research findings on effective coping strategies are reviewed. Implications of these findings for developing appropriate counseling interventions are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Client Relationship, Employed Women

Cole, David; And Others – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1977
College students (N=1250) starting introductory courses in thirteen academic disciplines were asked to predict their grade in the course. Results showed that overall, males predicted higher grades for themselves than did females. This held true for entering freshmen as well as for those with previous college experience. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, College Freshmen, College Students

Stricker, George – American Psychologist, 1977
Identifies instances where different treatments are given men and women and women get inferior therapy. Also notes times when similar treatments are given men and women but in a way appropriate only for males. Discusses both sex between patients and therapists and "the possible imposition of sex role stereotypes on females by their therapists."…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Patients, Psychiatrists, Psychological Studies

Kim, 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
Harry, Joseph – 1983
The role of adolescent sexual behavior in educational attainment has been overlooked. Homosexual and heterosexual men were interviewed to test for a correlation between adolescent sexual activeness and educational attainment, as well as any link between childhood masculine sex roles and early sexual activity. Approximately 1,000 volunteers,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Biological Influences, Educational Attainment