Sex-typed attitudes, sex-typed contingency behaviors, and personality characteristics of male caregivers
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Bryan E. Robinson (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Helen Canaday
Abstract: The present study was designed to investigate the sex-typed attitudes, sex-typed contingency behaviors, and personality characteristics of male caregivers. The data for sex-typed attitudes were collected from The Sex-Typed Attitude Checklist, drawn from a study by Williams and Bennett (1975). The Adjective Check List (Gough & Heilbrun, 1965) assessed the personality characteristics of the respondents, and The Fagot-Patterson Checklist (1969) was employed to determine the sex-typed contingency behaviors of the male and female caregivers. A contrasting samples survey design was implemented. A random sample of 20 male caregivers who had adopted a traditionally feminine occupation was contrasted to 20 male engineers who were employed in a more traditionally masculine occupation. The male engineers were matched to the male caregivers on age, education, and years of experience. The contrasting variables were the sex-typed attitudinal preferences for boys and girls and the personality characteristics between the two groups. An additional group of 20 female caregivers matched by day care center, age, education, and experience was included to provide additional contrasts on the sex-typed attitudes and personality characteristics of the male caregivers. The sex-typed contingency behaviors of the male caregivers were also compared with those of the females.
Sex-typed attitudes, sex-typed contingency behaviors, and personality characteristics of male caregivers
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1976
- Subjects
- Child care workers $x Attitudes
- Sex differences (Psychology)
- Sex role in children $z United States $x Public opinion