Compared attitudes toward women's roles held by traditional-aged college undergraduates (N=255) and by students over age 25 (N=235) who completed the Attitudes toward Women Scale. Women in both age groups expressed more liberal attitudes than did men; older students expressed more liberal attitudes than did younger students. Predictors of…

Examined sex differences in the play preferences of 2-year-old nursery school children and determined whether teachers of this age group reinforce female sex-typed behaviors as do teachers of older preschoolers. (SDH)

University students' attitudes toward women were significantly associated with the following variables: sex, church affiliation, major field, grade point average, years of college, size of home town, mother's employment status, race, loneliness during teen years, religiosity, mother's attitude toward homemaking, and (for married students) number…

Results of study suggested that single female workers are evaluated favorably so long as they pursue sex-typical jobs, while female and single male workers are viewed much less favorably when they are in sex-atypical fields. (CMG)

Current literature on sex-role attitudes has several shortcomings, including a paucity of longitudinal and developmental data. Cross-sectional data collected in the mid-1970's indicate that college students express more liberal attitudes toward women with increasing years of college attendance. This shift could be due to intraindividual changes or…

Cross sectional data found that college students show more liberal attitudes toward women with increasing years of college attendance. For both sexes, attitudes involving women's educational-vocational rights became more liberal than those involving women's marital and maternal responsibilities. Socio-demographic characteristics of subjects were…

Examines gender differences in 100 male and 145 female children's (in kindergarten and grades 3, 6, and 8) activities, preferred school subjects, and occupational goals in relation to parental variables (toy giving and chore assignment). Parents continue to exert gender typing pressures on children throughout the middle childhood years. (SLD)

Examines the perceptions of 192 college students who evaluated the personality traits and professional performance characteristics of mothers who were described as either employed or nonemployed, divorced or married, and with a 1-year-old or 11-year-old child. (Author/BJV)

Perceptions of 89 black and 121 white female college students about the mother of a 1-year-old infant as a function of race and employment role were explored. Whites anticipated more role-related costs for the employed mother, and blacks anticipated more role-related emotional rewards for employed mothers. (SLD)

In addition to summarizing the last decade's findings on the effects of maternal employment on children, this paper integrates these data with results from earlier studies. Findings are summarized according to the age of the child (i.e., infants, preschoolers, elementary school children, and adolescents). Findings related to infants and…