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Article: Sex Role Attributions of American-Indian Women.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Journal of Mental Health Counseling
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
- Author:
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Specific research on the sex roles of American-Indian women is lacking in mental health counseling. This article examines the sex role attributes of this population of women as compared to a predominately White normative group using the short form of the Bem Sex Role Inventory. A group of 505 American-Indian women completed the inventory. Results indicate a significant difference on the masculine subscale between the two groups with American-Indian women having higher scores. Available minority normative groups were also compared to the American-Indian women in this study. Implications for mental health counselors are provided.
Despite considerable progress made ...