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Parental and Sex‐Role Identification of Students Measured with a Repertory Grid Technique
Author(s) -
RYLE A.,
LUNGHI M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1972.tb00796.x
Subject(s) - repertory grid , psychology , identification (biology) , similarity (geometry) , class (philosophy) , social psychology , test (biology) , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , paleontology , botany , image (mathematics) , biology
A sample of students completed a repertory grid test in which supplied constructs relating to instrumental and expressive qualities were applied to a range of elements made up of self, ideal self, parents and other role‐defined people known to the subject. The distances between elements were used as measures of perceived similarity, and loadings of elements on the class foci of Instrumental and Expressive constructs provided measures of the relative instrumentality and expressiveness of each element. The relationship of the sex‐role attributes of subjects to those of their parents and factors associated with the identification of subjects with their parents were investigated and the results are related to previous research findings. The advantages and limitations of the method are discussed.