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Some correlates of women's Self-Image and Stereotypes of Femininity

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An expanded version of the Gordon Self-Image and Stereotypes of Femininity scale was administered to a sample of 362 female nursing personnel. Factor structure of the scale was found to closely approximate that of the Gordon sample. Numerous significant relationships of self-image dimensions to affective responses, experienced role stresses, demographic measures, and personality indices were isolated. However, perceptions of males' image, doctors' image, and own image of a feminine woman were generally unrelated to these measures. Further, examination of discrepancies between self-image dimensions and self and others' stereotypes of a feminine woman along these dimensions did not aid in explaining variance in affective responses or experienced role stresses. Implications of the findings are discussed and suggestions for future research are presented.

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  1. Graduate School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

    Ramon J. Aldag (Associate Professor of Management and Organization)

  2. College of Business Administration, University of Iowa, USA

    Arthur P. Brief

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Aldag, R.J., Brief, A.P. Some correlates of women's Self-Image and Stereotypes of Femininity. Sex Roles 5, 319–328 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00287399

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