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The Measurement of Role Identity
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This paper outlines a procedure for measuring those components of the self-concept called role/identities. Conceptualized from a symbolic interaction framework and using the semantic differential and discriminant analysis, this procedure overcomes many of the problems usually asociated with other procedures such as profile analysis, the d statistic, or the TST: the procedure provides substantive anchor points, incorporates the multidimensional nature of role/identity, and provides a numerical score for quantitative analysis. The method is illustrated by measuring the gender role/identity of a sample of sixth, seventh, and eighth grade school children. The validity of the resulting measures are checked by investigating certain of the children's characteristics.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Burke, P. J., & Tully, J. C.
- Venue
- Social Forces
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 1977-06-01
- Volume
- 55
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 881-881
- ISSN
- 0037-7732 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2069393812
- Cited by
- 719
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 8.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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