Changing male attitudes toward women's career development: An exploratory study.

Explored whether the attitudes of men toward the career development of women could be affected by the observation of 1 of 2 videotapes (D. Dege et al, 1980) that dealt with issues in career development and socialization for men or women. 90 undergraduate males were randomly assigned to 1 of the 2 treatment groups or to a control group. Outcome measures were the Attitudes Toward Women Scale (AWS) and a personalized attitudes scale (PAS) developed for this study. There were no significant treatment effects on the AWS. The group that viewed the videotape on men was significantly more liberal on the PAS items than were the other groups. A correlation between the scores on the AWS and the PAS was statistically significant. (24 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)