Gender Differences in Idiosyncratic Sex-Typed Self-Images and Self-Esteem.

Orr, Emda; Ben-Eliahu, Edna

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ERIC Number: EJ475244

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Publication Date: 1993

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Gender Differences in Idiosyncratic Sex-Typed Self-Images and Self-Esteem.

Orr, Emda; Ben-Eliahu, Edna

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v29 n3-4 p271-96 Aug 1993

Findings from 2 studies with 179 male and 158 female Israeli early adolescents and 97 male and 183 female Israeli university students show that male self-esteem is predicted significantly by masculine self-image (SI), female self-esteem is predicted by nonstereotyped SI, and feminine SI significantly predicts the self-esteem of neither gender. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, College Students, Females, Femininity, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Jews, Junior High School Students, Junior High Schools, Males, Masculinity, Predictor Variables, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Sex Differences, Sex Stereotypes, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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