The Role of School Context Factors for Gender Role Attitudes: General and Differential Associations between Female and Male Adolescents

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Title: The Role of School Context Factors for Gender Role Attitudes: General and Differential Associations between Female and Male Adolescents
Language: English
Authors: Tatjana Taraszow (ORCID 0000-0002-7658-110X), Cornelia Gresch, Sebastian Kempert
Source: Youth & Society. 2024 56(5):967-991.
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Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 25
Publication Date: 2024
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences, Sex Role, Adolescent Attitudes, Peer Influence, Socioeconomic Status
Geographic Terms: Germany
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X231205927
ISSN: 0044-118X
1552-8499
Abstract: During adolescence, socialization of gender role attitudes (GRA) shifts from parents to peers, friends, and classmates; thus, it takes place primarily in the school context. Accordingly, previous studies identified school-related factors associated to adolescents' GRA. However, little is known about the relative importance of these factors as well as about the factors' differences between females' and males' GRA. This study investigates the relevance of several school factors on adolescents' GRA and gender differences. Using data from the German National Educational Panel Study (N = 10,866), the results show that attending a higher educational school type, higher classmates' socio-economic background, lower proportion of female classmates, and more egalitarian classmates' GRA are related to more individual egalitarian GRA. Furthermore, the relation between classmates' GRA and individual GRA is more pronounced for males than females. The study further discusses starting points for possible interventions.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
Accession Number: EJ1426418
Database: ERIC
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