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Sex Differences in Self-Concept: Fact or Artifact?

1973; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 32; Issue: 3_suppl Linguagem: Inglês

10.2466/pr0.1973.32.3c.1253

1558-691X

Joseph C. Bledsoe,

Career Development and Diversity

Responsss of 400 4th- and 6th-grade boys and girls to individual items of a 30-adjective Self-concept scale were treated by analysis of variance. 20 items favored girls; 1 item (brave) favored boys; no differences were found on 9 items. Because most items favoring girls connoted goodness reflecting possible cultural bias, the over-all sex difference favoring girls was judged to be probably an artifact of measurement.