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Reviewers of the literature have concluded that sex bias frequently occurs in career counseling and is operative in both male and female counselors. In order to test whether counselors hold preconceptions about occupations, a study was conducted that incorporated 2 levels of counselor sex with 4 levels of stimulus occupations in a mixed factorial design. The dependent variables were degree and direction of sex role stereotypes and degree of social desirability, as measured by scales of the Bem Sex Role Inventory. 27 male and 27 female graduate students in counselor training completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory for each of the stimulus occupations. ANOVAs and mean comparisons on scores representing the dependent variables led to the following conclusions: (a) Males do not differ from females in degree of occupational stereotypes. (b) Occupations differ in degree of stereotypes elicited. (c) Males do not differ from females in direction of occupational stereotypes. (d) Occupations differ in direction of stereotypes elicited. (e) Males do not differ from females in degree of occupational social desirability perceived. (f) Occupations do not differ in degree of social desirability perceived by counselors. (9 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
