ISSN:
1573-2762
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Sociology
Notes:
Abstract The effectiveness of a group treatment program designed to increase androgyny in feminine women was examined. The full treatment (FT) incorporated the principles of assertiveness training and consciousness raising, and was compared to a discussion-orientated alternate treatment (DO) and a wait-list control (WL). Fifty-one female subjects who scored “feminine” on the Bem Sex-Role Inventory participated in this study. Pre- and posttreatment measures of sex-role orientation, assertiveness, and the attainment of individual goals were obtained. Two-month and 1-year follow-up data were also collected. At the posttest, the FT group was more assertive than the DO and WL groups, and higher than the WL group in the attainment of individual goals. No posttest differences were found among the groups on sex-role orientation. These findings were reversed by the 2-month follow-up such that the FT was more androgynous and more masculine than the WL group, while the differences between groups in assertiveness and personal goal attainment had dissipated. The 1-year follow-up revealed the FT group to be superior to the WL group in androgyny, masculinity, and assertiveness.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00287940
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