Research article summary (published 30 Dec 1991):

The effects of gender, race, religion, and political orientation on the sex role attitudes of college freshmen.

Full Abstract

Freshmen (N = 556) at a large eastern private university were administered a questionnaire during the first week of classes. A social learning perspective was used to examine the effects of gender, race (Asian, black, and white), religion (Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant), and political orientation (liberal and conservative) on four areas of sex role ideology--traditional attitudes toward female sexuality, justification of male dominance, negative attitudes toward homosexuality, and attitudes toward feminism. Although all four independent variables produced a significant effect on at least one measure of sex role ideology, religion and political orientation produced significant differences on all four sex role measures. Liberals as compared to conservatives and Jews as compared to Protestants were less traditional in their attitudes toward female sexuality, less accepting of male dominance and negative attitudes toward homosexuality, and more accepting of feminist attitudes. The results support the view that entering freshmen have established sex role belief systems that tend to be organized around constellations of traditional/conservative versus egalitarian/liberal attitudes.

Author information

Author/s: Lottes, I L (IL); Kuriloff, P J (PJ);

Affiliation: University of Maryland, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Baltimore 21228.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Adolescence (Adolescence), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1992-; vol 27 (issue 107) : pp 675-88

Dates: Created 1992/11/12; Completed 1992/11/12; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 1414577, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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Adult Christianity Continental Population Groups Female Gender Identity Humans Jews

Male Morals Politics Religion and Psychology Socioeconomic Factors Students - psychology Universities

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