Looking beyond the College Sophomore

MFO1 /PCO1 Plus Postage. Adults; Personality Traits; *Self Concept; *Sex Role Most of the research findings on the relationship between traditional gender-role traits and self-concept suggest that only traditionally li.,:sculine traits relate significantly to a positive self-concept for both males and females. This research has been limited in two ways. First, most studies have used student samples; second, most have used single-score measures of self-concept. The present study addresses those limitations by testing relationships between gender-role traits and a broad spectrum of components of self-concept in a noncollege sample of 104 women and 82 men. The results revealed that femininity consistently related to the Likability and Morality self-concept dimensions of the Six-Factor Self-Concept Scale; masculinity consistently related to the Task Accomplishment, Giftedness, Power, and Invulnerability dimensions of the Six-Factor Self-Concept Scale and to the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Texas Social Behavior Inventory. Support for the adaptive value of gender-congruent traits was more evident than in studies of college students. Mese results point to the need to expand the scope of samples studied and the range of self-concept dimensions considered to further understanding of relatio,ships between gender-role adoption and self-concept. (Author) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** The Gender Role/Self-Concept Link: Looking beyond the College Sophomore Regina Smalley and Jayne Stake U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Ctfce of Educatfoore Research and improvemerft DL ICATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER !ERIC, ,..s dor umArl haS heel, reproduced as "e,e,.Ad Ironne pprsor n, orgao.talOr ,E,Qtna I.ng I ChaogeS have beer made to mof ore ,ervoduct,on aualy Ptols 6,e or optruCoS slat..d.nfhfsflocw heel do oo1 necessarIe elyesenl MNfa. oFt-1, DeS.110r1 or pOIIL V PERU kEPRODUCL THIS MA ?ER;A; ..AS BEEN GRANTED BY _ "74 ,/,q 7'6? ee 14tI -1 Lc+ FR