Religious tendency and gender roles: Predictors of the attitudes toward women's work roles?

Sevim S.

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY, vol.34, no.1, pp.77-86, 2006 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 34 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.1.77
  • Journal Name: SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.77-86
  • Keywords: gender roles, women's work roles, religious tendency, COLLEGE-STUDENTS, FAMILY ROLES, VALUES
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate if religious tendency and gender roles predicted attitudes of Turkish university students towards women's work roles. ne study was conducted with 138 students from the Educational Sciences faculty of Ankara University. The Attitude Towards Women's Work Roles Scale (Kuzgun & Sevin, 2004), Religious Tendency Scale (Onay, 1997, 2002), and Bern Sex-Role Inventory (Bem, 1981) were the tools employed in order to collect data. The findings revealed that the thought dimension of religious tendency, feminine and androgynous gender roles significantly predicted attitudes towards women's work roles.