Loading...
Sex-roles and dyadic uniqueness in parent-child personality trait relationships
Cattell, Heather Birkett
Cattell, Heather Birkett
Citations
Altmetric:
Files
Loading...
Article
Adobe PDF, 1.5 MB
Authors
Other Names
Location
Time Period
Advisors
Original Date
Digitization Date
Issue Date
1982
Type
Article
Genre
Keywords
Psychology,Adolescent,Central nervous system,Child parent relation,Emotion,Neurosis,Normal human,Personality,School child,Sex role
Subjects (LCSH)
Citation
Cattell, H. E. P. (1982). Sex-Roles and Dyadic Uniqueness in Parent-Child Personality Trait Relationships. Multivariate Experimental Clinical Research, 6(1), 33-46. https://doi.org/10.62704/10057/17535
Abstract
Parent-child personality trait intercorrelations were examined in 127 intact, middle-class, Caucasian families (393 children: 162 females and 231 males between ages 6 and 22), using the age-appropriate test in the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire series. The main parent/child linkages differed for each parent-child dyad: daughters' unconflicted, introverted dependency was linked with mothers' unconflicted, emotionally sensitive dependency; daughters' sensitive, unconflicted dependency was linked with fathers' inhibited dependency; sons' dependent, introverted neuroticism was linked with insecure, sensitive, emotional neuroticism in mothers; sons' inhibited, resentful, insecure neuroticism was linked with dependent, introverted neuroticism in fathers. These patterns indicate that family relationships revolved around neuroticism versus mental health for boys and sex-role traits of dependence, emotionality, and introversion for girls. For adolescent sons (over 13 years), sex-role traits of aggressiveness, tough-mindedness, and emotional insensitivity replaced low neuroticism in important linkages with both parents. Eldest daughters showed unusually strong and unique linkages with fathers, emphasizing father-daughter similarity on central character traits such as ego and superego strength, tension level, and strength of self-image.
Table of Contents
Description
Publisher
Wichita State University, Department of Psychology
Journal
Book Title
Series
Multivariate Experimental Clinical Research
v.6 no.1
v.6 no.1
Digital Collection
Finding Aid URL
Use and Reproduction
Archival Collection
PubMed ID
ISSN
0147-3964