Sex Role Identity and Self-Esteem: A Comparison of Children and Adolescents
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Date
1991-08
Authors
Allgood-Merten, Betty
Stockard, Jean
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Publisher
Springer
Abstract
While data from a sample of fourth-grade children indicate that both self-efficacy
(masculinity) and relationality (femininity) are strongly associated with
self-esteem for both girls and boys, results from a comparable sample of adolescents
aged 14-18 and a subsample of the fourth graders when they were in
twelfth grade indicate that only self-efficacy is generally associated with selfesteem.
An association between relationality and self-esteem is found in adolescents
only for a small, high-achieving, high-SES subset of "androgynous"
males.
Description
8 pages
Keywords
children, adolescents, self-efficacy
Citation
Allgood-Merten, B., & Stockard, J. (1991). Sex Role Identity and Self-Esteem: A Comparison of Children and Adolescents. Sex Roles, 25, 129—139. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289850