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THE IMPACT OF CLIENT AND EVALUATOR GENDER ON CUSTODY EVALUATIONS
Author(s) -
Bradshaw E. Ruth,
Hinds Robert W.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.174-1617.1997.tb00473.x
Subject(s) - stereotype (uml) , psychology , trait , context (archaeology) , social psychology , developmental psychology , content analysis , sociology , computer science , paleontology , biology , programming language , social science
Fifty‐one child custody evaluations from registries of the Family Court of Australia were analysed for evidence of sex role and sex trait stereotyping by using a content analysis program. The categories used in the content analysis included expressive and instrumental sex role traits, power‐related behaviours, communications about family and marital interactions, basic care‐taking, attachment, and the parents' environment. When analysed by the gender of the evaluator, it was found that male and female evaluators significantly favoured the parent of their own gender in specific categories. It is suggested that the court context has been important in influencing the content of the stereotype.