Locus of control as a dispositional determinant of men's traditional sex-role attitudes.
The associations among measures of locus of control and attitudes toward women who work were assessed using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth for 1,229 young adult males. Significant positive correlations, ranging from .09 to .14, were found among locus of control and men's negative stereotypes of women who work, which suggests that males who feel a lack of personal control may oppose women working outside of the home. The results also indicate that men with greater personal control may be more accepting of women in nontraditional sex roles than men with an external locus of control. Negative stereotypes of women who work and male self-preservation may explain these relationships.
Valentine
S
S
Department of Management and Marketing, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, USA. valentinsr@hal.lamar.edu
D000328:Adult; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D014937:Work