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SEX-ROLE IDENTITY IN ATTITUDE TOWARD REMARRIAGE AND MATE SELECTION AMONG DIVORCED MEMBERS OF PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS
Abstract
A sample of 62 male and 145 female divorced members of Parents Without Partners used the Bem Sex-Role Inventory to describe themselves and the ideal mate. Two hypotheses were supported for females but not for males: (a) divorced persons differ in their sex-role identity from the normative population; (b) the longer one is divorced, the more likely one will have a masculine sex-role identity. Unlike previous studies, all sex-role categories chose their sex-role counterpart as the ideal mate except masculine females who chose an androgynous ideal. Contrary to prediction, educational level and attitude toward remarriage were not significantly influenced by sex-role identity. Implications for adult education and recommendations for future research were given.
Subject Area
Adult education|Continuing education
Recommended Citation
FOX, DIANE JUNE, "SEX-ROLE IDENTITY IN ATTITUDE TOWARD REMARRIAGE AND MATE SELECTION AMONG DIVORCED MEMBERS OF PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS" (1983). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI8328169.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI8328169