Gender Differences in Coping with Depression: An Investigation of Sex-Role Attributes

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather M. Davis ◽  
Kathryn M. Meyer ◽  
Lisa J. Crockett
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sex Role

scholarly journals Gender Differences: Examination of the 12-Item Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI-12) in an Older Brazilian Population

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. e76356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa F. Carver ◽  
Afshin Vafaei ◽  
Ricardo Guerra ◽  
Aline Freire ◽  
Susan P. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Brazilian Population ◽  
Bem Sex Role Inventory

The Attitudes of Men and Women concerning Gender Differences in Grief

2005 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Versalle ◽  
Eugene E. McDowell
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Demographic Information ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Bem Sex Role Inventory ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Role Socialization ◽  
Sex Role Socialization ◽  
Female Target

Attitudes concerning gender and grief were investigated using a convenience sample of 106 men and women ages 23 to 82 years. Participants rated conjugal grief behaviors of target figures for sympathy and appropriateness on the Attitudes Toward Gender and Grief Scale, rated their own sex-role type on the Bem Sex Role Inventory, and provided demographic information and a brief grief history. Results from factor analysis of the Attitudes Toward Gender and Grief Scale showed evidence for the construct validity of the scale by yielding three factors: sympathy, appropriateness of instrumental grief, and appropriateness of intuitive grief. The hypothesis that factor analysis of the Attitudes Toward Gender and Grief Scale would show that vignettes describing gender-stereotypical grief behavior would load positively on factors for sympathy and appropriateness was not confirmed. However, the hypothesis that female participants would give more sympathy to grieving people than males was confirmed. Contrary to expectation, participants did not give female target figures more sympathy than male figures; women did not give the most sympathy to female target figures; and men did not give male target figures the least sympathy. As hypothesized, feminine sex-typed and androgynous participants gave more sympathy to grieving people than masculine sex-typed participants. Findings were discussed in terms of evolutionary, developmental, and sex-role socialization theories.

The Living Arrangements of Older Residents: The Role of Gender, Marital Status, Age, and Family Size

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Connidis ◽  
Judith Rempel
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Respondent Characteristic

ABSTRACTThis paper reports findings from a study of 400 community-dwelling persons aged 65 and over. The stratified random sample resides in a city in Ontario, Canada, with a population of 260,000. A profile of their living arrangements is presented and then analysed with respect to respondent characteristics. Each of gender, marital status, and age are related to living arrangements at statistically significant levels, but control analyses indicate that gender is the most salient respondent characteristic. The authors argue that these observed gender differences in living arrangements are a reflection of sex role differences in today's older population. To the extent that these roles change, so too will the living arrangements of men and women. For both the present and future, differences by gender must be taken into account in housing and income policies.

Gender-Related Motivational Differences in Participation in an Organized Seniors Fitness Program: Moving beyond Sex-Role Stereotypic Motives

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1085-1086
Author(s):  
Marvin W. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Senior Adults ◽  
Fitness Program ◽  
Larger Sample

Primary reasons for senior adults' participation in a fitness program were examined in two groups to assess gender-related differences. 30 senior adults or “beginners” had just enrolled in the program, while 43 “veterans” had participated for about three years. Among “beginners” women were more likely to participate because “daytime meetings were offered” and “people I trust recommend it” but there were no gender differences among “veterans.” Close examination of responses indicated that differences among “beginners” no longer obtained because “veteran” men's motivations increased to resemble those of women. Examination of these motivational shifts as well as those which approached significance is in progress with a larger sample.

Grade and Gender Differences In and the Stability and Correlates Of the Structural Complexity of Children's Playground Games

1987 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Matey Borman ◽  
Lawrence A. Kurdek
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Structural Complexity ◽  
Older Children ◽  
Interpersonal Understanding ◽  
And Gender ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Children's Activities ◽  
Complex Activities

Second and fifth graders' playground activities during school recess were studied with a one-year follow-up. At the second time of assessment, measures were also taken of logical reasoning, interpersonal understanding, and understanding game rules. Both grade and gender differences were found in the complexity of children's activities. Generally, older children participated in more complex activities than younger children, and boys participated in more complex activities than girls. The complexity of children's activities increased over the one-year period, especially for boys. The correlates of game complexity differed for boys and girls. For boys, game complexity was negatively related to interpersonal understanding and positively related to understanding game rules. For girls, game complexity was positively related to interpersonal understanding. Results are discussed in terms of social and sex role development.

Selected Resources for Encouraging Females in Mathematics

2001 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-18
Author(s):  
Lynda R. Wiest
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Mathematics Achievement ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
Sex Role ◽  
Mathematics Performance ◽  
Ethnic Background ◽  
Sex Role Stereotypes ◽  
Number Of Factors

Girls seem to do fine in mathematics until the middle grades, when a number of factors begin to influence their mathematics achievement and attitude negatively (e.g., NCES 1997). As Yusuf (1995) points out, “Gender differences in mathematics performance are predominantly due to the accumulated effects of sex-role stereotypes in family, school, and society” (p. 187). Unfortunately, research shows that schooling exacerbates rather than improves this situation, even in the classrooms of well-meaning teachers of either gender or any ethnic background (e.g., Sadker and Sadker [1995]).

Gender Differences in the Attribution of Causes for Depressed Feelings

1991 ◽  
Vol 68 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1209-1210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Robbins ◽  
Roland H. Tanck
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Sex Role

30 male and 32 female undergraduates were asked to report over a 10-day period whether they had felt depressed and, if yes, what was causing their depressed feelings. As predicted from a sex-role framework, the men were more likely than the women to attribute the cause to academic concerns while the women were more likely than the men to attribute the cause to problems in interpersonal relationships.

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