Psychological gender : the relationship between sex-role and gender identity

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dc.contributor.advisorStricklin, Annen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJoffe, Arlene Oraen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-25T16:56:00Z
dc.date.available2015-10-25T16:56:00Z
dc.date.issued1985en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 100-113.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe study is based on psychoanalytic theory of the development of gender identity. The basic premise is that there are at least two levels of gender-related identity, viz. gender identity and sex-role. Thirty-three male and thirty-nine female university students participated in the study. They were asked to complete questionnaires designed to measure gender identity, sex-role and sexual orientation. Gender identity was measured by means of fantasy patterns which emerge in story-telling. The Bern Sex-Role Inventory was used to measure sex-role. Subjects' sexual orientations were described with the aid of the Kinsey Seven-Point Rating Scale. Results indicate a number of unanticipated complexities which need further investigation. The type of picture used in the measurement of gender identity seems to determine whether or not a subject's true gender identity will emerge or whether it will be distorted. There is a relationship between sex-role and gender identity, but it is indirect. The gender identities of persons whose sex-roles are feminine, masculine or undifferentiated tend to conform to biological sex. Persons whose sex-roles are androgynous, however, tend towards feminine gender identity whatever their biological sex. Further research is recommended to confirm or refute these results.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJoffe, A. O. (1985). <i>Psychological gender : the relationship between sex-role and gender identity</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14275en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJoffe, Arlene Ora. <i>"Psychological gender : the relationship between sex-role and gender identity."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14275en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJoffe, A. 1985. Psychological gender : the relationship between sex-role and gender identity. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Joffe, Arlene Ora AB - The study is based on psychoanalytic theory of the development of gender identity. The basic premise is that there are at least two levels of gender-related identity, viz. gender identity and sex-role. Thirty-three male and thirty-nine female university students participated in the study. They were asked to complete questionnaires designed to measure gender identity, sex-role and sexual orientation. Gender identity was measured by means of fantasy patterns which emerge in story-telling. The Bern Sex-Role Inventory was used to measure sex-role. Subjects' sexual orientations were described with the aid of the Kinsey Seven-Point Rating Scale. Results indicate a number of unanticipated complexities which need further investigation. The type of picture used in the measurement of gender identity seems to determine whether or not a subject's true gender identity will emerge or whether it will be distorted. There is a relationship between sex-role and gender identity, but it is indirect. The gender identities of persons whose sex-roles are feminine, masculine or undifferentiated tend to conform to biological sex. Persons whose sex-roles are androgynous, however, tend towards feminine gender identity whatever their biological sex. Further research is recommended to confirm or refute these results. DA - 1985 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1985 T1 - Psychological gender : the relationship between sex-role and gender identity TI - Psychological gender : the relationship between sex-role and gender identity UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14275 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14275
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJoffe AO. Psychological gender : the relationship between sex-role and gender identity. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Social Development, 1985 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14275en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Social Developmenten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Social Worken_ZA
dc.subject.otherSocial serviceen_ZA
dc.titlePsychological gender : the relationship between sex-role and gender identityen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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