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Sex Role Attitudes and Cultural Change

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Editors:
  1. Ira Gross

    1. Dept. of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, USA

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  2. John Downing

    1. Dept. of Psychology, University of Victoria, Australia

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  3. Adma D’heurle

    1. Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, USA

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Part of the book series: Priority Issues in Mental Health (PIMH, volume 3)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction and Overview

    • Ira Gross
    Pages 1-9

  3. Parents’ Sex Role Attitudes and Children’s Concepts of Femininity and Masculinity

    • Felicisima C. Serafica, Suzanna Rose
    Pages 11-24

  4. Ethnic Differences in Sex Stereotyping by Mothers: Implications for Health Care

    • Merrill Sarty, Maxene Johnston
    Pages 25-37

  5. The Role of Schools in Developing Sex Role Attitudes

    • Carol A. Dwyer
    Pages 39-43

  6. Review of the Literature on Non-Sexist Curriculum and a Critique of the Underlying Assumptions and Rationale

    • Selma Hughes
    Pages 45-50

  7. Language and Attitudes Toward Masculine and Feminine Sex Roles

    • Shirley B. Ernst
    Pages 51-56

  8. Does Sex Stereotyping Lead to a Higher Incidence of Male Dyslexia?

    • Alice D. Gross
    Pages 57-64

  9. Making Literacy Equally Accessible to Females and Males

    • John Downing
    Pages 65-79

  10. Sex Typing in Occupational Preferences of High School Boys and Girls

    • Cathleen A. Brown
    Pages 81-88

  11. Aspirations and Sex Roles — are They in Conflict?

    • Corinne Hutt
    Pages 89-91

  12. Cross-Sex Friendship in the Elementary School

    • Adma D’Heurle, Jeffrey Cohen, V. Widmark-Petersson
    Pages 93-100

  13. Sex Differences in Children’s Road Accidents

    • Charles S. Downing
    Pages 101-107

  14. Cultural Differences in Children’s Sex Role Stereotypes

    • Sophia M. R. Leung, Betty Kleiman
    Pages 109-120

  15. Sex Role Stereotyping and Mental Health Standards in Israel: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

    • Solly B. Dreman
    Pages 121-129

  16. Sex Role Images in Lebanese Text Books

    • I. Kallab, J. Abu Nasr, I. Lorfing
    Pages 131-140

  17. Strategies of Healthy Sex Role Development in Modernized India

    • Rama S. Pandey
    Pages 141-149

  18. Effectiveness of Self-Persuasion in Producing Healthy Attitudes Towards Polygyny

    • Denis Chimaeze Ugwuegbu
    Pages 151-155

  19. Overemphasis of Mother Role and Inflexibility of Roles

    • P. Niemelä
    Pages 157-162

  20. Sex without Reproduction: Voluntary Childlessness as a Response to Contemporary Sex Roles

    • Susan Bram
    Pages 163-175
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About this book

The initial impetus for this volume was the occasion of the World Congress for Mental Health held in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1977. The theme of that congress was priorities in mental health. The keynote speaker Mrs. Rosalynn Carter, wife of the then President of the United States, focused attention on the necessity for an international perspective in understanding priorities for mental health. Without exception subsequent speakers echoed the sentiments Mrs. Carter expressed, that the first priority for mental health was that of children. For many participants the concern for children was translated not only into techniques for treatment but more importantly into broadening the approaches to prevention. One theme emerged which has begun to be addressed around the world - that of the cultural and developmental implications of sex role stereotyping for mental health. This topic proved to be the touchstone for many issues related both directly and indirectly to mental health. Among the most prominent concerns expressed were those for the effects on careers, the learning environment and relations between the sexes which stem from stereotyped attitudes concerning appropriate sex role behavior. The consensus of the par­ tiCipants was to urge the directorate of the congress to continue this topic at the next World Congress. This was a particularly appropriate content for the next World Congress, since 1979 was the International Year of the Child.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, USA

    Ira Gross

  • Dept. of Psychology, University of Victoria, Australia

    John Downing

  • Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, USA

    Adma D’heurle

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Sex Role Attitudes and Cultural Change

  • Editors: Ira Gross, John Downing, Adma D’heurle

  • Series Title: Priority Issues in Mental Health

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7737-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1982

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-1340-7Due: 28 February 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-009-7739-6Published: 28 January 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-7737-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 228

  • Topics: Public Health

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