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Mazen, Abdelmagid M.; Lemkau, Jeanne Parr – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1990
Examination of personality profiles of 131 women in female-typed occupations and 40 in male-typed occupations showed that 5 factors differentiated the personalities of the 2 groups: femininity, communality, self-control, status capacity, and dominance. Similarities between the groups were found in self-acceptance and achievement. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Females, Individual Differences, Nontraditional Occupations
Wilson, M. Lee – 1982
Most of the debate among the behavioral sciences about the interaction between choice of sexual object and personality characteristics has dealt with male homosexuality. To explore the personality variables of female homosexuals, 46 heterosexual and 46 homosexual women took the California Psychological Inventory. Comparison of the results…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Females, Individual Differences, Interpersonal Attraction
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Mills, Carol J.; Bohannon, Wayne E. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1983
Sex role identity and personality characteristics were examined in 104 male college football players and police cadets by means of the Bem Sex Role Inventory and the California Psychological Inventory. No significant differences were found between these stereotypically "masculine" groups and normative samples of males. (CMG)
Descriptors: College Students, Football, Higher Education, Males
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Mills, Carol J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1981
This study examined the relationships between sex role-related personality variables and two intellectual variables often associated with sex differences: math and verbal ability. There is evidence for a positive relationship between masculine traits and values and math ability, and feminine traits and values and verbal skills (for both sexes).…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Femininity, Grade 7, Grade 8