The Development of Occupational Sex-Role Stereotypes: The Effects of Gender Stability and Age.

O'Keefe, Eileen S.C.; Hyde, Janet Shibley

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ERIC Number: EJ282318

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Publication Date: 1983-Apr

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The Development of Occupational Sex-Role Stereotypes: The Effects of Gender Stability and Age.

O'Keefe, Eileen S.C.; Hyde, Janet Shibley

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v9 n4 p481-92 Apr 1983

Investigated occupational stereotypes of nursery school, kindergarten, third- and sixth-grade children, and the effects of their acquiring the concept of gender stability. Assessed (1) personal aspirations, and (2) ideas about jobs men and women do. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Career Choice, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Identification (Psychology), Nontraditional Occupations, Occupational Aspiration, Self Concept, Sex Stereotypes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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