Gender Schematization in Adolescents

Differences Based on Rearing in Single-Parent and Intact Families

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ID19464534
AuthorsMichael Slavkin (University of Southern Indiana, corresponding author), Michael Lawrence Slavkin
Year2001
Volume34
Issue3-4
Pages137-149
Publication date2001-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Divorce & Remarriage (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1050-2556 • E-ISSN: 1540-4811
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1300/j087v34n03_08
OpenAlexW1501766849
LanguageEN
References cited18

The study explored three aspects of adolescents' schematization of gender roles: the adolescent's perceptions of socially-idealized gender roles (ideal gender roles), the adolescent's perceptions of their own gender role (personal gender role), and the fit between an adolescent's ideal and personal gender roles. Of the participants sampled, 124 were Caucasian, 31 were African-American, 12 were Asian-American, and 2 were Hispanic-American. Participants' family of origin's current yearly incomes ranged from $10,000 to $150,000, with a median income of $34,000. Because parental gender models in one- and two-parent families differ, the gender roles of adolescents raised in one-versus two-parent families may differ. Differences in personal and idealized gender roles were found between students raised in one- versus two-parent families (students from both types of families valued androgyny, a person who has strong masculine and feminine characteristics). A discussion of the results follows

Androgyny · Developmental psychology · Gender identity · Gender psychology · Gender role · Masculinity · Perception · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges

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