in the qur'an, men and women are equal in terms of human dignity and spiritual interest and faith; but god did not speak to women immediately and directly; especially in law verses, god speaks to men directly but he speaks to women as a third person (hidden person). in this paper, this problem has been analyzed in view of divine-social tasks in the quran and it became clear that god has gi...

The aim of this research was to determine the salience of work and family roles and to study the connection between role salience and the interference of different types of roles among working men and women. Self-assessment measurement scales were applied. The research involved 206 participants; 103 employed married couples from different regions of Croatia. The results show that roles closely ...

BACKGROUND Two contrasting perspectives on the effects of multiple roles; the 'role overload hypothesis' and the 'role enhancement model', have been proposed to predict variations in health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of multiple roles on all-cause mortality in Japan where gender roles are currently changing. METHODS A total of 76,758 individuals from the Japan Collabora...

Past research demonstrates that heterosexuals perceive gay men to have traditionally feminine characteristics. Guided by Social Role Theory (Eagly, 1987), we predicted that this stereotype would differ depending on a gay man’s specific social role. To test this idea, participants rated five gay targets (father, single man, hairdresser, truck driver, typical gay man) on stereotypically masculine...

Higher education has made progress in the enrollment of under-represented minorities, yet very notably, African American men continue to enroll college at low rates. The current study explores factors that lead men, using lived experiences 8 undergraduates mid-western universities. findings are consistent with emerging theory Community Expectancy, suggesting many informal play important roles e...

Past studies document that Latino familial cultural values (i.e. familism, affiliative obedience and filial obligation) protect against depressive symptoms and promote academic resilience in adolescence. However, some studies suggest that familial cultural values differ across gender, with females reporting greater obligations and fewer freedoms compared to their male counterparts. We examined ...