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SEX ROLE STEREOTYPES IN ITALIAN CHILDREN
45 boys and 39 girls, aged 10 to 11 years, attributed actions and qualifiers to the categories of men (M), women (F), or both sexes (N). Results showed that qualifiers were categorized differentially more often than actions; both sexes attributed a higher amount of stimuli to the same‐sex category;...
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| Published in: | International journal of psychology 1982-01, Vol.17 (1-4), p.43-63 |
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 45 boys and 39 girls, aged 10 to 11 years, attributed actions and qualifiers to the categories of men (M), women (F), or both sexes (N). Results showed that qualifiers were categorized differentially more often than actions; both sexes attributed a higher amount of stimuli to the same‐sex category; positive stimuli were categorized as descriptive of the same‐sex group more frequently than negative ones. In general, however, children judged roughly 50% of all stimuli in each set as N. Girls expressed a differential judgement slightly less often than boys. Children attending a ‘progressive’ school in one instance were less stereotyped than those attending a ‘traditional’ school. The judgements children expressed were consistent across the two sets of stimuli. A high within and between group variability of categorization was noted.
Multidimensional Scaling analyses of proximity matrices showed groups to differ in terms of the amount and type of clustering of stimuli in the two‐dimensional space. The Masculinity‐Femininity dimension underlying children's judgement was interpreted as a ‘circumplex dimension’ rather than in terms of orthogonal axes. Results were discussed in relation to the process of sex‐role stereotypes acquisition and development. It was argued that detection of structural differences and changes in sex role perception is necessary to understand better this process.
Quarante‐cinq garçons et 39 fils, âgés de 10 et 11 ans, eurent à attribuer des comportements et des qualificatifs aux catégories d'hommes (M), femmes (F) et aux deux sexes (N). Les résultats ont montré que les qualificatifs avaient souvent un plus grand impact discriminatoire que les comportements; les enfants des. deux sexes attribuèrent un nombre plus grand de stimuli au sexe auquel ils appartenaient; de měme ils classaient les stimuli positifs plus fréquemment que les négatifs comme descriptifs du měme sexe que le leur. Cependant, les enfants ont en général jugé comme N à peu près 50% de tous les stimuli de chaque groupe. Les filles ont exprimé un jugement différentiel légèrement plus réservé que les garçons. Les enfants inscrits dans une école de type ‘progressiste’ ont exprimé un jugement moins stéréotypé que ceux suivant les cours dans une école de type traditionnel. Les jugements exprimés par les enfants se sont avérés homogènes pour les 2 séries de stimuli. Néanmoins les variances tant inter‐groupes qu'intragroupes ont été notées. Des analyses multidimensionnelles tirées d |
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| ISSN: | 0020-7594 1464-066X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00207598208247431 |