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Sex‐Role Attitudes of Missouri and Virginia Home Economics Teachers
Author(s) -
Burge Penny L.,
Cunningham Daisy L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8201000403
Subject(s) - univariate , west virginia , multivariate analysis of variance , psychology , multivariate analysis , scale (ratio) , variance (accounting) , survey instrument , social psychology , demography , gerontology , multivariate statistics , sociology , medicine , geography , applied psychology , statistics , mathematics , cartography , archaeology , accounting , machine learning , computer science , business
Sex‐role attitudes of 301 home economics teachers, all female, from Missouri and Virginia were explored using the Sex‐Role Attitude Scale (SRAS) developed by Osmond and Martin. The SRAS analyzes attitudes toward the roles of both sexes on a traditional/nontraditional sex‐role continuum. The instrument was designed to measure four com ponents of sex‐role assumptions and behaviors: (1) familial roles; (2) extrafamilial roles; (3) male/female stereotypes; and (4) social change in sex roles. The responses to the survey were analyzed using multivariate and univariate analysis of variance. Results indicated that both Missouri and Virginia respondents held nontraditional attitudes. Younger teachers were significantly less traditional than older teachers on two of the sex‐role attitude components. There were not significant differences between urban and rural teachers or among interaction effects.