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Self-Concept And Sex-Role Learning Among Preschool Children

Alan Sugawara

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331

David Andrews

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331

Virginia Adduci

Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Home Economics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331

Rodney Cate

Department of Child & Family Studies, College of Agriculture and Home Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164

The present study examined how aspects of sex-role learning account for differ ences in self-concept among preschool children. Sex-role learning was opera tionalized as sex-role discrimination, sex-role preference (e.g., adult activity pref erence and child activity preference), and sex-trait awareness. Subjects were 32 boys and 32 girls, ranging in age from three to five years, from intact middle- and upper-middle-class families. Results revealed that children with more stereotypic child activity preferences had significantly higher (more positive) self-concepts than children with less stereotypic child activity preferences. On the other hand, children who were less aware of the sex-trait stereotypes had significantly higher self-concepts than children who were more aware of the stereotypes. Findings were interpreted from two alternative perspectives: (a) the role of sex-role atti tudes and knowledge in accounting for differences in children's self-concept, and (b) the sex role socialization experience of young children during early child hood.

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, 97-104 (1986)
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X8601500203
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