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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 4, 1989 - Issue 2
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Informes De Investigación

Autoconcepto de Género y Sistema de Valores

Self-concept for gender and value system

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Pages 151-165 | Published online: 29 Apr 2014
 

Resumen

El presente trabajo tiene por objeto estudiar los correlatos de valor asociados a los constructos psicológicos de masculinidad y feminidad. Para ello, se han relacionado las puntuaciones obtenidas por una muestra de ambos sexos en las escalas de masculinidad (M), feminidad (F), y masculinidad-femenidad (M-F), del Earlier Personal Attributes Questionnaire, de Spence y Helmreich (1978), con lds prioridades establecidas por los mismos sujetos en los valores terminales e instrumentales del Rockeah Value Survey (Rokeach, 1973). La asociación que muestran los resultados entre el autoconcepto de género y los sistemas de valores reafirma la conocida interpretatión, según la cual los valores de carácter agente/instrumental se hallan vinculados a la masculinidad, y los comunal/expresivos a la feminidad. Se añaden otras consideraciones acerca del género y los valores relativas a la edad. Estos resultados se discuten, a un nivel más teórico, desde la perspectiva del autoconcepto, corroborando la idea de que las autodescripciones en términos de valores no expresan preferencias objetivas, pretendidamente neutrales, sino que están marcadas por la significación afectiva que tienen para el sujeto.

Abstract

The aim of this article is to study the relation between the structure of values and masculinity and femininity psychological constructs. To this purpose, in a sample using subjects of both sexes, we have related the scores obtained in masculinity (M), feminity (F), and masculinity-feminity (M-F) scales, from the Earlier Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Spence y Helmreich, 1978), with the priorities obtained for the terminal and instrumental value, assessed with the Rockeach Value Survey (Rokeach, 1973). The results of this comparison between the self-concept for gender and the structure of values confirm the general knowledge that the agentic/instrumental values are associated with masculinity, and the communal/expressive ones are associated with femininity. We have also included some considerations about gender and values in relation to age. These results are discussed from the point of view of self-concept. The idea that the evaluative self-descriptions are neither neutral nos objective, but marked by the affective signification they have for the subject, is reinforced.

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