title: Sex-role socialization: developmental influences on wife abuse.
abstract: Themes central to sex-role socialization are traced, along with the processes by which dominance and female deference are developed. Gender differences in parent-child interactions, peer-group relations, classroom settings, children's observations of the marital dyad, and messages from television are examined. The link between sex-role socialization and the etiology and maintenance of wife abuse is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Program, State University of New York, Stony Brook.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Birns
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cascardi
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D012931:Social Environment; D012951:Socialization; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*