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Sex-role stereotypes: Issues of attitudinal changes

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Systematic study of current sex-role beliefs has been aided by the development of the Sex Role Stereotype Questionnaire. This inquiry explored the assumption that the sex-role stereotypes of school counselors, tested seven years after the development of the questionnaire, would differ substantially from the norming samples. The data analysis revealed that the majority (three-quarters) of the behavioral characteristics viewed as stereotypic by the original samples were not seen by male and female school counselors or by either the male or female counselor independently as differentiating men and women.

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  1. The Colleges, 120 Porter Quadrangle, Ellicott Complex, State University of New York at Buffalo, Amherst Campus, 14261, Buffalo, New York

    Carole Smith Petro (Associate Dean) & Barbara A. Putnam

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Petro, C.S., Putnam, B.A. Sex-role stereotypes: Issues of attitudinal changes. Sex Roles 5, 29–39 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289343

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