The Explorations of College Students’ Gender Role Identities, Personality Traits and Expected Occupational Types

• Main Authors: Mei-shui Cheng, 鄭媄穗
• Other Authors: Zuway-R Hong
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28943853866921542046

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 教育研究所 === 99 === Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the differences among college students’ personality traits, gender identities and types of expected occupations. One hundred ninety-one participants were selected by convenient sampling for completing Gender Role Identity Scale, Expected Occupational Type Scale, Big Five Inventory Chinese version, Sexist Attitudes toward Women Scale Chinese version and personal information questions in 2010 to 2011. Frequency distribution, descriptive analyses, independent t-test and analysis of variance were conducted for answering research questions. The initial findings were as follows: 1. The highest percentages of females college students’ gender role identity types was androgynous（30.77%）; The highest percentages of male college students’ gender role identity was masculine（31.63%）. 2. Students’ background (i.e. sex, college, parenting style and birth order) presented non-significant relationship to gender role identity types. 3. Female college students expected to engage in female-related occupations while males preferred in male-related occupations. 4. Feminine college students presented non-significant difference in take male-related jobs. 5. Female and male college students presented non-significant differences on big five traits. 6. Masculine college students tended to have higher scores on extraversion and be more emotional stability than Feminine college students. 7. Androgynous college students have the highest scores on openness than these feminine and undifferentiated college students. 8. Females tended to have better gender equality perceptions. 9. There were non-significant differences on sexist attitudes toward gender scores between different gender role identity college students.