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Beyond Sowing and Growing: The Relationship of Sex Typing To Socialization, Family Plans, and Future Orientation 1
Author(s) -
Allgeier Elizabeth Rice
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1975.tb00677.x
Subject(s) - psychology , socialization , overpopulation , competence (human resources) , population , developmental psychology , social psychology , demography , sociology
The speculation, appearing frequently in the birth‐planning and population literature, that family‐size desires are associated with sex‐role norms, was empirically investigated with the Bem (1974) Sex Role Inventory. Forty college students in a 2 (sex‐typed vs. androgynous) × 2 (male or female) design responded to a demographic and future‐plans inventory. Results indicated that androgynous females, as compared with sex‐typed females, ( a ) moved frequently during childhood ( p < .02); ( b ) were raised in larger communities ( p < .02); ( c ) had fathers ( p < .03) and mothers ( p < .003) of higher occupational status; ( d ) tended toward higher educational aspiration ( p < .09); ( e ) desired fewer children ( p < .05); and ( f ) placed more importance on competence at work ( p < .004). Male responses were not generally related to the sex‐typing variable. Results were discussed in terms of implications of sex‐role socialization for the problem of overpopulation.