Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
Volume 194, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 708-711
Gender, sex role ideology, and self-esteem among east Asian immigrants in the United States (Article)
Barry D.T.* ,
Bernard M.J. ,
Beitel M.
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Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States, Yale University, School of Medicine, CMHC/SAC, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519-1187, United States
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APT Foundation, New Haven, CT, United States
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Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States
Abstract
This study examined the relationship between gender, sex role ideology, and self-esteem among 170 (88 male, 82 female) East Asian immigrants in the United States. Participants were administered a battery of psychometrically established measures. Men and women did not differ on personal or collective self-esteem (CSE). Women who endorsed traditional sex roles were significantly more likely to report higher private, identity, and total CSE. Personal self-esteem was a significant independent predictor of traditional sex role for women. Participants who endorsed sex role equality were significantly more likely to report public, membership, and total CSE. Sex role equality was associated with enhanced private CSE for men and attenuated personal self-esteem for women. These findings point to the importance of assessing multiple facets of self-esteem, which appear to be differentially associated with sex role ideology for men and women. Copyright © 2006 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000235788.15722.99
ISSN: 00223018
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English