Adaptive and pathogenic aspects of sex-role stereotypes: implications for parenting and psychotherapy.
There has been considerable controversy concerning adaptive versus pathogenic effects of sex-role stereotypes on individual development. The author evaluates both the positive and negative consequences of sex-role stereotypes without regard for any particular sociocultural definition of masculinity or feminity. She hypothesizes that the degree to which sex-role stereotypes are adaptive and facilitative (as opposed to restrictive and pathogenic) is inversely related to the degree to which an individual has consolidated a comfortable and stable gender is identity. Implications for parenting and treatment are elaborated.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000628:therapy; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy; D001519:Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D002668:Child Rearing; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012951:Socialization; D013239:Stereotyped Behavior; D013315:Stress, Psychological