title: Sex, sex roles, and self-image.
abstract: The purpose of this research was to compare the self-images of male and female children in order to determine whether females were at a particular disadvantage and, if so, why. A random sample of 1988 children from grades 3-12 were interviewed in Baltimore in 1968. Findings show more disturbance among White adolescent females than among White males or Black females: White girls become much more self-conscious and show greater self-image instability and somewhat lower self-esteem. Three sets of factors appear to explain part of these differences: (1) attitudes toward present and future sex role, (2) peer relationships in general and opposite sex relationships in particular, and (3) attitudes toward changing looks in adolescence.
authors.affiliation: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rosenberg