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A Field Study of Sex‐role Attitude Change in College Women
Author(s) -
Ruble Diane N.,
Croke Julie A.,
Frieze Irene,
Parsons Jacquelynne E.
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.tb01300.x
Subject(s) - psychology , ideology , social psychology , field (mathematics) , sex discrimination , developmental psychology , politics , political science , mathematics , pure mathematics , law
Two field studies are presented which examine to what extent women's studies courses are effective in changing sex‐role attitudes in college women. Factor analyses were performed on the questionnaire data to produce summary variables for the change analysis and to examine the structure of sex‐role ideology. The results, consistent in both studies, showed the women's sex‐role beliefs are comprised of definable areas and that awareness of sex discrimination and traditional beliefs regarding the proper roles for men and women are more susceptible to influence than are other types of variables.