Date of Award:
5-1965
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Human Development and Family Studies
Department name when degree awarded
Child Development
Committee Chair(s)
Carroll Lambert
Committee
Carroll Lambert
Committee
Dorothy Lewis
Committee
Jay Skidmore
Committee
George Ellsworth
Committee
Owen Cahoon
Abstract
The acquisition of normal sex-role behavior is one of the fundamental tasks which goes into developing a healthy personality. More needs to be understood about the processes involved in adopting proper sex-role behavior patterns. How does a little girl adopt the feminine role and learn to be a woman? How does a little boy adopt the masculine role and learn to be a man? From the studies in clinical psychology and psychiatry, it is evident that personality maladjustments and certain forms of emotional disorders appear to be related to difficulties in sex-role adjustment. This suggests a close correlation between childhood learning and development in sex-role behavior and adult personality disturbances.
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08da15767b46367d0c54b43b6e66c8c9
Recommended Citation
Thomson, Loa, "Sex Preferences and Identifications of Young Children" (1965). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 2468.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/2468
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