Year
1979
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Department of Psychology
Recommended Citation
Rowland, Robyn, Australian attitudes to the traditional cultural sex role stereotypes, Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Department of Psychology, University of Wollongong, 1979. https://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/1649
Abstract
The present study investigated Australian attitudes to traditional cultural sex roles. A pilot study was conducted from which a test battery was designed. This battery consisted of four scales: a Semantic Differential with five concepts {Typical Man J Typical }iornan^ Self, Ideal Man and Ideal Woman), an Adjective Value List (to assess the social desirability of stereotypic characteristics), the Bern Sex-Role Inventory, and an Attitude to Sex Roles Questionnaire. The battery was administered to a general population sample of 148 women and 154 men from Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, selected by a multi-stage sampling process. A set of five hypotheses was investigated.
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.