This research was undertaken to test the sex-role identity formation of 6th grade elementary school children.
This research was aimed at finding out the following facts:
(1) To find out if the factors of sex of children have any influence on the c...
This research was undertaken to test the sex-role identity formation of 6th grade elementary school children.
This research was aimed at finding out the following facts:
(1) To find out if the factors of sex of children have any influence on the children's sex-role identity formation.
(2) Determine the influence of maternal employment on the children's sex-role identity formation.
(3) Determine the home environmental factors(mother's age, mother's educational level, socioeconomic status of the family) and their influence on the children's sex-role identity formation.
The revised Bem Sex-Role Identity (BSRI) was used to assess the children's sex-role identity.
The sample subjects were 6th grade elementary school girls and boys. 359 subjects were selected randomly from elementary schools in Daegu City.
Sex-role identity scores of the subjects were analyzed in terms of five independent variables: children's sex, maternal employment, mother's age, mother's educational level, and socioeconomic status of the family.
Such methods as Frequency, Percentage, Variance, Mean, Cross-stabs, and verrified significant difference by ANOVA were used for the statistical analysis in this research.
The results of this research can be summarized as follows:
(1) Children's sex had significant(p<001) influence on the child's sex-role identity formation.
(2) Maternal employment or nonemployment had no influence on the child's sex-role identity formation.
(3) Mother's age did not influence the child's sex-role identity formation.
(4) Mother's educational level significantly(p<.01) influenced the child's sex-role identity formation.
(5) Socio-economic status of the family had no major influence on the child's sex-role identity formation. Excepting the case of maternal employment socio-economic status of the family significantly (boys: p<.05, girls: p<.05) influenced femininity of both sexes, but as for maternal nonemployment socio-economic status of the family significantly(p<.05) influenced only girls' femininity.