Self-concept and sex-role orientation: An investigation of multidimensional aspects of personality development in adolescence

A total of 354 6th through 12th grade adolescents completed both a measure of self-concept and revised version of the Bem Sex Role Inventory in order to assess relationships between sex-role orientation and self-concept during adolescence. It was hypothesized that sex-role orientation and self-conce...

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Published in:The Journal of early adolescence 1984-03, Vol.4 (1), p.25-39
Main Authors: Ziegler, C.B, Dusek, J.B, Carter, D.B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
4-H Youth Development Program
achievement
Adolescence/Adolescent/Adolescents
age differences
gender differences
leadership
Personality/Personalities
role perception
Self
self-perception
Sex role/Sex roles
sexual development
social interaction
youth development
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Summary:A total of 354 6th through 12th grade adolescents completed both a measure of self-concept and revised version of the Bem Sex Role Inventory in order to assess relationships between sex-role orientation and self-concept during adolescence. It was hypothesized that sex-role orientation and self-concept were systematically related multidimensional aspects of personality. The results confirmed the major hypotheses. Overall, Masculine and Androgynous adolescents scored significantly higher than did Feminine and Undifferentiated adolescents on the instrumental self-concept dimension of Achievement/Leadership. In contrast, Feminine and Androgynous adolescents scored significantly higher than their Masculine and Undifferentiated peers on the expressive self-concept dimension of Congeniality/Sociability. Feminine adolescents exhibited significantly higher adjustment self-concepts than did their Undifferentiated peers, but both groups scored lower on this aspect of self-concept than did Androgynous and Masculine adolescents. Finally, on the dimension of Masculinity/Femininity, Masculine adolescents scored significantly higher, and Feminine adolescents significantly lower, than did their Androgynous and Undifferentiated peers. Regression analyses indicated a significant Masculinity component for the instrumental, and a significantly Femininity component for the expressive, dimension of self-concept. In addition, only Masculinity contributed significantly to regression predicting overall Adjustment scores. No age differences emerged from any of the analyses. The results illustrate the utility of the notion that self-concept and sex-role orientation are multidimensional constructs.
ISSN:0272-4316
1552-5449
DOI:10.1177/0272431684041004