| Abstract: | Sex role development was studied in seventh graders, twelfth graders, and adults. A 1976 cross-sectional study by Urberg and Labouvie-Vief was replicated 2 years later and the results examined for evidence of age and cultural change in degree of sex role stereotyping. Twelfth graders were found to be the most stereotyped and adults the least, with no significant differences between older and younger adults. Cultural change was evident for some of the traits examined, but the degree to which the subjects used stereotypes did not change. Male and female subjects described themselves in almost identical terms but engaged in stereotyping when describing an opposite-sex ideal. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
