Comparison of Sex-Role Orientation and Personality Variables in Traditional Women and College Re-Entry Women.

Autor/in	Pierce, Norma F.
Titel	Comparison of Sex-Role Orientation and Personality Variables in Traditional Women and College Re-Entry Women.
Quelle	(1981), (17 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Comparative Analysis; Females; Feminism; Higher Education; Homemakers; Individual Differences; Labeling (of Persons); Life Style; Midlife Transitions; Nontraditional Students; Personality Traits; Reentry Students; Role Conflict; Sex Role; Student Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Feminismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hausfrau; Individueller Unterschied; Labeling-Ansatz; Lebensstil; Midlife-Krise; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Zweiter Bildungsweg; Rollenkonflikt; Geschlechterrolle
Abstract	Studies have indicated that mature women maintain a permanent role identity along two dimensions, i.e., traditional women or nontraditional women. However, the lifeset of many mature adult women may be on the continuum between these two positions, i.e., in the position of "deferred achiever." The personality variables and sex-role orientations of a group of 72 women over age 30, classified as either traditional homemakers or reentry college students were investigated. Data on sex-role orientation revealed that traditional homemakers were more intra-family-oriented, while reentry women were more extra-family-oriented. Traditional women held conservative views about women's role in society; reentry women held more liberal views. Personality measures revealed that traditional women scored higher in socialization, femininity, and low risk-taking behaviors; reentry women scored significantly higher on capacity for status, sociability, social presence, achievement, intellectual efficiency, psychological-mindedness, flexibility, and autonomous behavior. Reentry women appeared to form a third category of mature women in transition from a traditional to a nontraditional position. (NRB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01