Sex role identity of Filipino eldest children varying gender, locus of parental dominance, and locus of parental absence

• Main Authors: Abanilla, Abigail R., Ong, Sheila L., Songco, Theresa P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Sex role in children; Identity (Psychology); Children, First born; Parent and child; Dominance (Psychology); Social role; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/8824
• Institution: De La Salle University

The aim of this study was to find out if there are significant differences in the sex role identity of Filipino eldest children varying in gender, parental dominance, and parental absence. Using a descriptive research design, a non-probability purposive sampling was employed. A total of 160 respondents were gathered from various public schools in Metro Manila with ages ranging from 13 to 16 years old. They were given the Bem's Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) to find out whether of not they have a masculine sex-typed identity, feminine sex-typed identity, androgynous or undifferentiated sex role identity. It was preceded by a personal questionnaire. This was done to find out some demographic information about them. The major findings revealed when the chi and Fisher Exact tests were applied that a) there is a significant difference in the sex role identity of Filipino eldest children varying in gender both in intact and in single parent families b) there is no significant difference in the sex role identity of Filipino eldest children varying in the locus of parental dominance in intact families and in the locus of parental absence in single parent families c) there is no significant interaction between the locus of parental dominance and gender in intact families and between locus of parental absence and gender in single parent families with regard to their sex role identity.