Stereotypes of traditional and nontraditional childbearing roles

Stephanie A. Shields; Pamela E. Cooper

doi:10.1007/BF00289671

Stereotypes of traditional and nontraditional childbearing roles

Stephanie A. Shields
, Pamela E. Cooper

Psychology

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Childless college students (135 male, 135 female) evaluated one of three childbearing orientations by means of an adjective check list (ACL) and multiple-choice questions. Participants read one of three paragraphs describing a hypothetical woman who was either pregnant and happy with the pregnancy, pregnant and not happy with the pregnancy, or intentionally childfree. Results showed favorable stereotyping of pregnant-happy, strongly unfavorable stereotyping of pregnant-unhappy, and no stereotyping of childfree. Implications for research on childbearing orientations are discussed, as are participants' own plans regarding marriage, employment, and parenthood.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	363-376
Number of pages	14
Journal	Sex Roles
Volume	9
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00289671
State	Published - Mar 1983

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Gender Studies
Social Psychology
Developmental and Educational Psychology

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