Sex Role Orientation and Leisure
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Leisure Research
- Vol. 11 (2) , 102-111
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00222216.1979.11969383
Abstract
Sex roles are undergoing a major change in the United States today, and it has been hypothesized that the changing sex roles will be evidenced in changed leisure behavior. This study looks at a demographic variable (sex) and two measures of masculinity-feminity (the California Psychological Inventory's Fe-scale and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire) and their relationships with leisure behavior. Sex was found to be a better explanatory variable than the personality variable, and the traditional single-continuum CPI measure was found to explain more than the newer PAQ with its concept of androgyny. Those respondents categorized as being androgynous were more likely to take part in leisure activities, watch documentaries and news programs on television, and prefer R-rated movies.Keywords
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- Changing Sex Roles and Emerging Directions in Family Decision MakingJournal of Consumer Research, 1977
- The Modern Feminine Life StyleJournal of Marketing, 1977
- On the utility of alternative procedures for assessing psychological androgyny.Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
- A General Bibliography of Leisure PublicationsJournal of Leisure Research, 1977
- STRUCTURING THE LEISURE MARKET—A MULTIVARIATE ANALYSISDecision Sciences, 1976
- Masculinity-femininity: An exception to a famous dictum?Psychological Bulletin, 1973
- Androgyny as a Life StyleThe Family Coordinator, 1972
- A Revised Conception of Masculine-Feminine Differences in Play ActivitiesThe Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1960
- Sex-role development in a changing culture.Psychological Bulletin, 1958
- Identifying Psychological FemininityEducational and Psychological Measurement, 1952