Ambrose, Wendy (2014) Attitudes Toward Non-traditional and Traditional Parental Roles. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
As work and family roles evolve and more parents are involved in both family care and financial roles it is vital that gender equality exists in both domains. In this study we examined attitudes toward parents who violate traditional parental roles and the influence of gender ideological beliefs. Three hundred and forty six participants were recruited through convenience sampling of university undergraduate psychology students and through the researcher’s own networks to complete an online survey. Participants read a short scenario describing a mother or father who either worked fulltime or stayed at home fulltime to care for the children. In line with predictions results showed working mothers were evaluated more negatively, perceived as less warm and less effective parents but higher in job performance than stay-at-home mothers. On the other hand, stay-at-home fathers were evaluated more positively and perceived as warmer and higher in parental effectiveness but lower on job performance than working fathers. There were no significant differences found on ratings of competence for either parent. Gender ideological beliefs moderated affective evaluations of mothers and fathers in traditional and non-traditional roles. The present findings suggest that gender does matter when it comes to violating traditional parenting roles
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology, Counselling and Community (1 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2014) |
| Supervisors: | Carla Jeffries |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Science (Honours) (Psychology) |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2025 01:52 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2025 01:52 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | As work and family roles evolve and more parents are involved in both family care and financial roles it is vital that gender equality exists in both domains. In this study we examined attitudes toward parents who violate traditional parental roles and the influence of gender ideological beliefs. Three hundred and forty six participants were recruited through convenience sampling of university undergraduate psychology students and through the researcher’s own networks to complete an online survey. Participants read a short scenario describing a mother or father who either worked fulltime or stayed at home fulltime to care for the children. In line with predictions results showed working mothers were evaluated more negatively, perceived as less warm and less effective parents but higher in job performance than stay-at-home mothers. On the other hand, stay-at-home fathers were evaluated more positively and perceived as warmer and higher in parental effectiveness but lower on job performance than working fathers. There were no significant differences found on ratings of competence for either parent. Gender ideological beliefs moderated affective evaluations of mothers and fathers in traditional and non-traditional roles. The present findings suggest that gender does matter when it comes to violating traditional parenting roles |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52110 |
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