Gender Roles and Adjustment in Elementary-School Children: A Multidimensional Approach.

Silvern, Louise E.; Katz, Phyllis A.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Gender Roles and Adjustment in Elementary-School Children: A Multidimensional Approach.

Silvern, Louise E.; Katz, Phyllis A.

Sex Roles, v14 n3-4 p181-202 Feb 1986

A study examined the relations between fourth- through sixth-grade students' school adjustment and the extent to which their self concepts conformed to stereotypic gender roles. Among boys, more stereotypic self-concepts were associated with high levels of externalizing conduct disorders. Among girls, stereotypy was associated with high levels of internalizing. (KH)

Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Personality Development, Self Concept, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Student School Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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