Sex-Role Orientation, Self-Esteem, and Uniqueness

An Exploration of the Undifferentiated Category

Bibliographic Data

ID13667671
AuthorsEleanor Willemsen (Santa Clara University, corresponding author), ELEANOR W WILLEMSEN (Santa Clara University)
Year1987
Volume60
Issue3
Pages859-866
Publication date1987-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1987.60.3.859
OpenAlexW1978404942
LanguageFR
Citations received5
References cited10

72 college students took the Personal Attributes Questionnaire, the five-scale Offer Self-image Questionnaire, and the Need for Uniqueness scale. Differences in self-esteem and uniqueness scores among undifferentiated, feminine, masculine, and androgynous individuals were determined. The analysis showed that androgynous and masculine individuals had generally better self-esteem than feminine and undifferentiated individuals. There were sex differences in self-esteem only for sexual and for social self-esteem. These differences were predicted by sex-role orientation with men's sexual self-esteem being enhanced by masculinity and depressed by femininity, whereas women's social self-esteem was predicted by masculinity. Need for Uniqueness appears to be an aspect of self-esteem for women but not for men

Androgyny · Developmental psychology · Femininity · Human sexuality · Id, ego and super-ego · Masculinity · Orientation (vector space · Scale (ratio · Self-concept · Self-esteem · Sexual orientation · Uniqueness · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Social Psychology

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