Mothers' and fathers' gender-role characteristics : The assignment of postdivorce child care and custody

Adults (151 female, 130 male; 17.4% African American/Black, 48% Caucasian, 22.8% Latino/Hispanic, 11.7% "other") assigned postdivorce parental care and custody for four combinations of traditional/nontraditional mothers and fathers described in vignettes of divorcing parents. Parental gend...

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Published in:Sex roles 2000-05, Vol.42 (9-10), p.917-924
Main Authors: HOFFMAN, C. D, MOON, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Characteristics
Child Custody
Childrearing Practices
Children
Children & youth
Custody after divorce
Divorce
Fathers
Femininity
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender
Gender roles
Hispanic Americans
Masculinity
Mothers
Parent Child Relations
Parents
Parents & parenting
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sex Roles
Social psychology
Social role. Sex role
USA
Whites
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Summary:Adults (151 female, 130 male; 17.4% African American/Black, 48% Caucasian, 22.8% Latino/Hispanic, 11.7% "other") assigned postdivorce parental care and custody for four combinations of traditional/nontraditional mothers and fathers described in vignettes of divorcing parents. Parental gender characteristics influenced the assignment of parental care and child custody to divorcing mothers and fathers described in the scenarios and interacted with child gender.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1023/A:1007002601502