Sex Role Identity, Androgyny, and Sex Role Transcendence: A Sex Role Strain Analysis
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 3 (3) , 270-283
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1979.tb00545.x
Abstract
This paper first reviews three different theoretical constructs concerning the psychological significance of sex role related characteristics in personality functioning: sex role identity, androgyny, and sex role transcendence. A new conceptual analysis concerning sex-typing, sex role strain analysis, is presented. According to this analysis, the relationship between sex role related personality characteristics and psychological adjustment, especially self-esteem, is moderated by two variables: perception of the ideal member of the same sex, and sex role salience. These two variables; taken in conjunction with real self-concept, generate five sex role strain outcomes. The constructs of sex role identity, androgyny, and sex role transcendence are interpreted in terms of this sex role strain analysis. The implications of this analysis for current research and for understanding the dynamics of both individual and social change in sex roles are briefly described.Keywords
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