In:
Swiss Journal of Psychology, Hogrefe Publishing Group, Vol. 58, No. 4 ( 1999-12), p. 273-286
Abstract:
This study focuses on the importance of social developmental expectations, assessed as emotional and cognitive evaluations regarding the timing and the gender-role conformity of normative developmental tasks. Two central questions were raised. First, to what degree do the timing and the gender-role conformity affect the adults' expectations? Second, how much does the adults' own gender-role orientation (GRO), classified as traditional vs. liberal, affect their expectations? A 4 (timing modus) × 2 (developmental task) × 2 (gender-role conformity)-factorial design was administered to a sample of 140 adults of both sexes, 20 to 81 years old. Coping in time and with gender-role typical career received the most approval. Typical developmental tasks were more approved by persons with a traditional than with a liberal GRO. However, the evaluation of non-typical developmental tasks was not affected by the GRO. The possibility of a shift in normative expectations toward more liberal, diverse, and self-defined female gender-roles is discussed.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1421-0185
,
1662-0879
DOI:
10.1024//1421-0185.58.4.273
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hogrefe Publishing Group
Publication Date:
1999
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3093293-2
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2090982-2
SSG:
2,1
SSG:
5,2