In:
Psychological Reports, SAGE Publications, Vol. 42, No. 3_suppl ( 1978-06), p. 1195-1201
Abstract:
A study was conducted on 94 upper-middle cass, white, married women, roughly half of whom were over 30 yr. and also about half of whom had attended college. Subjects were given the Women's Social Situations Test and assessed on its three subscales, Self-Ideal, used to measure inner-direction, Self-Average, used to measure other-direction, and Idiosyncraticism, used to measure non-conformity. Scores on all subtests were significantly different from each other, the highest scores being on Self-Ideal, next highest on Self-Average, and lowest on Idiosyncraticism. The data also were analyzed according to item categories reflecting peer situations and those involving family situations. Self-Average and Idiosyncratic scores were significantly higher on peer items, whereas type of item made no difference on the Self-Ideal scale. Age yielded no differences on the three subscales. Education did make a difference on two of the subscales and indicated that those women who had attended college were higher on the Self-Average scale and lower on the Self-Ideal.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0033-2941
,
1558-691X
DOI:
10.2466/pr0.1978.42.3c.1195
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1978
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2066930-6
SSG:
5,2
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