title: Gender role attitudes of American mothers and daughters over time.
abstract: Symbolic interaction theorists believe that parents are primary socializing agents for their children. J. Rollins and P. N. White (1982) found that mothers and early adolescent daughters in traditional, dual-work, and dual-career family environments held similar attitudes about marriage, children, and careers. In a follow-up study, 40 mother-daughter dyads of the original 75 were surveyed. A multivariate analysis of variance indicated that there were no significant differences between the attitudes of these 40 mothers and 40 daughters regarding the 3 variables. However, both the mothers' and daughters' attitudes differed from Time 1 to Time 2. The findings lend further support for the concept of mothers as primary socializing agents for daughters and for the self-in-relation model regarding mothers and daughters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Development and Family Relations, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bohannon
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Blanton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D012649:Self Concept