Perceived Feminine Role Orientation and Self-Concept

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ID9889144
AuthorsElwin C Nielsen (Utah State University, corresponding author), Jeanne Edwards (Houlton, Maine), Jeanne Josselyn Edwards
Year1982
Volume35
Issue7
Pages547-558
Publication date1982-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001872678203500704
OpenAlexW2122020346
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited17

This study was designed to explore the relationships between perceived feminine role orientation and positive self-concept, as measured by scores attained on the Inventory of Feminine Values (IFV) and the Total Positive Scale of the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS). Analysis of variance computation on a sample of 87 women indicated that there was no difference in positive self-concept for women who perceived their feminine roles as liberal, those who saw their roles as traditional, and those who had a neutral orientation. All three groups had Total Positive Self scores, of the TSCS, above the norm mean. Marital status and religious background were correlated with role orientation. The authors interpreted the results as providing a basis for questioning previous writers' assumptions that a neutral or androgynous role orientation is the most helpful one for women to assume, and suggest that primary effort be directed at encouraging and helping women to make their own role choice

Developmental psychology · Norm (philosophy · Orientation (vector space · Sample (material · Scale (ratio · Self-concept · Variance (accounting · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Mathematics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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