Variations in Subjective Culture: A Comparison of Females and Males in Three Settings
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Date
1983
Authors
Stockard, Jean
Dougherty, Maureen
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Publisher
Springer
Abstract
This article examines differences in subjective culture among three societies that
vary in their extent of urbanization and differentiation and within these societies
between females and males. David Bakan's agency-communion and Talcott
Parsons' instrumental-expressive distinctions are used to capture both these rural-urban
and male-female differences using data collected with Harry Triandis'
antecedent-consequent method of studying subjective culture. Both between society
and within-society differences in subjective culture are found, although
they occur independently of each other, Cross-cultural differences are stronger
for concepts dealing with group life, and sex differences are stronger for concepts
regarding individual actions and self-orientations. Specifications and extensions
of existing theory, as well as directions for future research, are suggested.
Description
12 pages
Keywords
environmental cues, self-orientation, rural vs suburban
Citation
Stockard, J., & Dougherty, M. (1983). Variations in Subjective Culture: A Comparison of Females and Males in Three Settings. Sex Roles, 9(9), 953—974. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00290056