TY - JOUR
T1 - Aging, sex-role orientation, and adjustment
T2 - A three-generations study of Mexican Americans
AU - Markides, K. S.
AU - Vernon, S. W.
PY - 1984/1/1
Y1 - 1984/1/1
N2 - The effect of sex-role orientation on psychological well-being was investigated with data from a three-generations study of Mexican Americans. More specifically, we examined the hypothesis that less traditional sex-role orientation is positively related to psychological well-being (other things equal) and that this relationship is stonger among the older than among younger generations. Traditional sex-role orientation was positively related to depression among older women, lending partial support to the hypothesis. Among men, however, traditional sex-role orientation was not related to well-being in the older generation but was related to both depression and life satisfaction in the younger generation. The interactive effects of marital status and retirement status with sex-role orientation were also examined but were not found to be significant.
AB - The effect of sex-role orientation on psychological well-being was investigated with data from a three-generations study of Mexican Americans. More specifically, we examined the hypothesis that less traditional sex-role orientation is positively related to psychological well-being (other things equal) and that this relationship is stonger among the older than among younger generations. Traditional sex-role orientation was positively related to depression among older women, lending partial support to the hypothesis. Among men, however, traditional sex-role orientation was not related to well-being in the older generation but was related to both depression and life satisfaction in the younger generation. The interactive effects of marital status and retirement status with sex-role orientation were also examined but were not found to be significant.
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U2 - 10.1093/geronj/39.5.586
DO - 10.1093/geronj/39.5.586
M3 - Article
C2 - 6470449
AN - SCOPUS:0021209666
SN - 0022-1422
VL - 39
SP - 586
EP - 591
JO - Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
JF - Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
IS - 5
ER -