Assessed longitudinal changes in gender role traditionalism across 4 years of college using national college student data from the 1996 Cooperative Institutional Research Freshman Survey and 2000 College Student Survey. Overall, students' levels of traditionalism declined during college. Women held more egalitarian views than men at college entry…

Parental sex stereotypes, maternal employment status, and the traditionality of parental occupations were studied in relation to the traditionality of 113 preschool children's vocational interests. Only the traditionality of the mother's occupation related significantly with that of the children's interests. Discusses the role model in gender…

Analyzed more than 1,000 photographs of women in college-level textbooks on Human Sexuality and Marriage and Family published from the 1970s to the 1990s. Results indicate that representations were primarily traditional in the 1970s, and that traditional images, although less prevalent in the 1990s, still dominate. (SLD)

Investigated correlates of acculturation among Chinese Canadian university students' beliefs and expectations about social roles pertaining to school, work, family, and personal relationships, exploring differences in attitudes as correlates of cultural and gender role traditionalism perceived for self and one's parents. Surveys revealed…

Tested the gender understanding of 31 American and 31 Egyptian children. American children had a higher mean score on gender identity than Egyptian children. Found significant positive relationships between subject's age and two gender constructs, identity and stability. (Author/BJV)

Investigates the relationship between parental self-esteem and behavior problems in children, using responses of 1,624 married couples from the National Survey of Families and Households. Results indicate that parent self-esteem is negatively associated with behavior problems in children, but none of the hypothesized moderating variables have a…

Examined attitudes of 76 Mexican-American females and 62 Mexican-American males about the role of the woman in the workplace and child care responsibility of working parents. Controlling for age, marital status, number of children, and acculturation, males were more likely to hold traditional attitudes than women. (SLD)

Attitudes about gender dominance are compared for 16 male and 15 female undergraduate members of sororities and fraternities and 15 male and 13 female nonmember (independent) undergraduates. For males and females, affiliation with "Greek" social organizations corresponds with traditional male-dominant, female-submissive, attitudes.…

Examines family role expectations of Palestinian adolescents from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, noting the impact of modernization and participation in intifada. Surveys of ninth graders and their parents indicate that students desire and anticipate having traditional families. Gender differences exist in perceptions of future gender roles.…

Examines attitudes about careers and gender roles for 156 college students from the United States, 621 from Japan, and 157 from Slovenia. A factor analysis indicates that career values form different factors within each country and gender. In all three countries, women are less traditional in gender role attitudes than men. (SLD)

Examines gender and familial role attitudes of 142 male and 123 female adolescent international students in the Netherlands using the Attitudes Toward Women Scale for Adolescents and Historic-Sociocultural Premises Scale. Females respond less traditionally than males, and students from less wealthy, more collectivist countries have more…

Examines relationships between television viewing and sex-role attitudes and behaviors for 530 fourth and fifth graders from the perspective of cultivation theory. Correlation and regression analyses reveal that television viewing is positively related to children's attitudes toward sex-stereotyped chores. Those who watched more television…