Studied mentoring relationships for 205 female retail proteges in cross- and same-sex mentoring relationships. Found no significant differences between groups on mentor and protege age differences, protege career level at relationship onset, company affiliation, mentor characteristics, benefits derived, problems reported, duration of relationship,…

This paper describes a study of 639 advertisements in the personals section of one newspaper in order to compare what females and males include in these advertisements. Results indicated that most advertisers described themselves rather than the person they would like to meet but that some differences did occur between male and female generated…

Findings indicated that girls were significiantly more proficient in english than boys after 12 years of public school. (Authors)

Data were collected from the Air Training Command personnel processing files on non-prior-service accessions for male and female basic trainees entering the Air Force during the years 1970 through 1973. Data included age, Airman Qualifying Examination (AQE) aptitude indexes, years of education, race, and geographic area of enlistment. Tables show…

A study was conducted to (1) describe the male/female participation and success in regional and national forensic individual events tournament competition, and (2) identify areas of gender-based inequity from these data. Letters requesting 1984-85 tournament results were sent to 44 individual events tournament directors, of which 20 were…

This article examines the differences between male and female student personnel workers in their beliefs about professional issues concerned with the women's movement, definition and purpose of student personnel work, the role and preparation of student personnel workers, and research in the field. (Author)

There is some question as to the fairness with which history has treated women psychologists who were distinguished in their own time. Only women who were prominent in the field of psychology at least 50 years ago were selected in order to give the history books the best possible chance to include them. The five women thus located were paired with…

Reports on a study which examined a random sample of library science Ph.D.s who received their degrees between 1969 and 1979 to compare publishing histories of males and females with regard to quantity and type of publication. Results of data analyses are presented in five tables. (15 references) (MES)

A survey of high school seniors in Alabama investigated attitudes toward managerial careers. Results indicate that few high school seniors aspire to management careers and that sex continues to be a major discriminator. The "male managerial model" continues to be reinforced. (Author)

Investigates differences in learning styles between men and women. Seventy-two people of different ethnic groups responded to the Learning Style Inventory (D. A. Kolb, 1976), 12 Educational Dialectical questions, and 1 question concerning learning experiences. Findings reveal that men appear to find congruence between traditional education and…

The research question addressed was whether sex differences in cognitive ability are smaller in younger age groups than in older age groups. A battery of 12 aptitude tests measuring visualization, spatial orientation, perceptual speed, associative memory, number memory, eidetic memory, spatial scanning, visual memory, and flexibility of closure…

A study examined whether male and female writers would respond in identifiably different ways to the same writing task, and whether a content analysis of the discourse produced for these writing tasks would reveal distinctly "male" and "female" concerns. It was hypothesized that themes relating to autonomy would appear more often in men's essays,…

A study of news writing styles of male and female college students indicated that some discernible differences in lexical habits do exist between the sexes. (GW)

Examined six dimensions of expectations of divorced men and women along the continuum of traditionalism versus egalitarianism in sex roles. Data suggested that women, more than men, view marriage role responsibilities evenly applying to both sexes. (Author)

Military males (N=67) and females (N=61) from five common occupational career fields responded to the Occupational Aspiration Scale (OAS), which measures levels of occupational prestige. Analyses revealed that male participants scored significantly higher than females. Possible reasons for differences are discussed. (RC)