Studied dependency themes in 113 recently published fictional books for children and adolescents and compared females and males in situations where one character helps or influences another. Females were more likely to receive than to give help, and males were more likely to give than to receive help. (Author/ABB)

Surveyed 100 adolescents to determine how they judged the advantages or disadvantages of being a member of the opposite sex. Females used social standards to identify their judgments while males used sexual standards. (JAC)

The concept "sex-role identification" is seen as biased and value-laden as it is utilized in present research. This assumes that learning the proper sex role in American society is directly related to adequate personality adjustment of the adolescent. Discusses problems associated with this conceptual approach and suggests a more appropriate…

Presents some data bearing on the relationship between the psychological development or maturity of adolescent women and their sexual behavior and contraceptive use. Data were collected through the American Public Health Association in 1975 from 369 females and 325 males. (Author/RK)

Investigates intellectual decline and attempts to determine some of the sex differences possibly inherent in the phenomena that during adolescence girls decrease in their I.Q. scores while boys increase. (Author/RK)

Explored relationships among three measures of spatial ability--Embedded Figures Test, Mental Rotations Test, and Differential Aptitude Spatial Relations subtest--an environmental cognition task, American College Testing mathematics and English achievement in undergraduates (N=282). Interpreted results as substantiating sex role socialization…

Investigated the influence of the feminist movement on preadolescents' conceptions of sex role behaviors in a sample of 321 students in grades five through eight. Results showed that, while significant sex differences existed, boys who felt positively about Womens Liberation tended to have lower male stereotype scores. (JAC)

This survey report focuses on sex differences in response to 11 attitude items concerning the female opportunity structure in sport, females in traditionally male sports, and sex role socialization in relation to sport. On all items, females were more accepting of women in sports than males were. (Author/SJL)

In 1978, eleventh graders were asked to respond to stereotypic statements about sex roles and working women and to sex-type common occupations. Responses were compared to those of a 1973 study by Frye and Dietz. Results indicated that stereotypic attitudes had decreased over the years, especially in males. (SJL)

Examined gender stereotypes among sixth-grade students whose teachers had or had not participated in intervention to decrease gender stereotypes. Findings supported hypothesis that students in experimental group would show greater preference for more prestigious professions than would students from control group. Hypothesis that experimental group…

Details the responses of young, urban, college-educated people on their attitudes toward homosexuals, specifically focusing on issues of public identification and negative labeling as it effects homosexual persons and their behaviors. (Author/RK)

Administered a sex-role questionnaire to determine the sex-role stereotypes of 200 male and female junior high school age adolescents. Also studied their views concerning the social desirability of feminine and masculine traits. Results found positive nonstereotyped traits were rated as relatively feminine, and negative nonstereotyped traits as…

To enhance attempts to reduce antihomosexual prejudice among juveniles, asked 31 juvenile offenders a series of structured questions concerning their attitudes toward gay males and lesbians. Offenders' attitudes, which were maintained by myths and stereotypes, were characterized by negativity, ambivalence, and defensiveness. Specific…

Traditional beliefs, values, and attitudes are being restructured by society, which deeply affects the role of the female adolescent. This article discusses these effects on the experience of the contemporary White American middle class female older adolescent (16-20 years old) in relation to the changing role of women. (Author/KC)

Evaluates drug abuse prevention programs, sex education programs, and programs to change gender stereotypes in schools using theoretical framework of critical sociology of education. Notes that all types of programs had limited effectiveness. Concludes that schools appear unable to change behaviors prevalent in culture because both students and…