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Sex-role similarities between adults and their parents

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Sex-role is a product of interpersonal and intrapersonal cognitive functioning. As a result, parents play an important role in the development of their children's sex-role orientation. The aim of this research was to describe the relationship between the sex-role of adults and those of their parents as measured on the Bem Sex-Role Inventory (Bem, 1974). Inventories were completed by 24 men, 41 women, and their parents. Results show the strongest relationship for gender-consonant sex-roles for mother-daughter and father-son dyads. Findings are discussed in terms of sex-role and modeling theories.

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  1. Department of Applied Psychology, New York University, 239 Greene Street Room 400, 10003, New York, NY

    Samuel Juni PhD & Donald W. Grimm

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Juni, S., Grimm, D.W. Sex-role similarities between adults and their parents. Contemp Fam Ther 15, 247–251 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00894398

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