The purpose of this research was to examine sex-role attitudes and stereotypes of black college students in relation to gender identification and family structure. Data for this study were collected during the fall quarter of 1976 by means of a class-administered questionnaire. The modified Osmond-Martin Sex-Role Attitude (SRA) scale was used to measure sex-role attitudes. Two self-administered 15-item semantic differential scales developed by Turner and Turner (1974) were utilized to assess sex-role sterotypes. / It was hypothesized that: (1) females will be more likely to have non-traditional sex-role attitudes than males; (2) females will be more likely to evaluate men negatively than will males; (3) females will be more likely to evaluate men as less reliable than will males; (4) students reared in female-healed families will be more likely to have non-traditional sex-role attitudes when compared to students reared in male-headed families; (5) students reared in female-headed families will be more likely to evaluate men negatively than will students reared in male-headed families; and (6) students reared in female-headed families will be more likely to evaluate men as less reliable than will students reared in female-headed families. / Generally, the results revealed that gender is significantly related to the sex-role attitudes and stereotypes of black college students. Specifically, the data supported Hypotheses 1 and 3 but did not support Hypothesis 2. In general, the results indicated that family structure is not an important predictor of sex-role attitudes and stereotypes among black college students. However, the data showed that family structure interacts with family socioeconomic status indicators in producing an influence on the students' sex-role attitudes and stereotypes. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-11, Section: A, page: 4945. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74689 |
| Contributors | LOWRY, WALDRA GREENE., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 114 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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