TY - JOUR
T1 - Gender Differences in Identities and Their Sociostructural Correlates
T2 - How Gendered Lives Shape Parental and Work Identities
AU - Gaunt, Ruth
AU - Scott, Jacqueline
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2017/9/1
Y1 - 2017/9/1
N2 - This study draws on identity theory to explore parental and work identities. It examined gender differences in identities, as well as the moderating role of gender in the effects of individuals’ sociostructural characteristics. A sample of 148 couples with young children completed extensive questionnaires. As hypothesized, couples’ paid-work strategy moderated gender differences in the salience and centrality of parental and work identities. Whereas significant differences in identities were found between stay-at-home mothers and their breadwinning husbands, no differences were found among dual-earner couples. Moreover, men’s work identity centrality increased when they had more and younger children, whereas women’s work identity centrality decreased. Finally, men’s parental identity centrality increased with their income, whereas women’s parental identity centrality decreased the more they earned. These findings attest to the importance of examining differences within as well as between genders, by taking into account the interactive effects of gender with other sociostructural characteristics.
AB - This study draws on identity theory to explore parental and work identities. It examined gender differences in identities, as well as the moderating role of gender in the effects of individuals’ sociostructural characteristics. A sample of 148 couples with young children completed extensive questionnaires. As hypothesized, couples’ paid-work strategy moderated gender differences in the salience and centrality of parental and work identities. Whereas significant differences in identities were found between stay-at-home mothers and their breadwinning husbands, no differences were found among dual-earner couples. Moreover, men’s work identity centrality increased when they had more and younger children, whereas women’s work identity centrality decreased. Finally, men’s parental identity centrality increased with their income, whereas women’s parental identity centrality decreased the more they earned. These findings attest to the importance of examining differences within as well as between genders, by taking into account the interactive effects of gender with other sociostructural characteristics.
KW - gender differences
KW - parental identity
KW - self-concept
KW - work and family
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026850441&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0192513x16629182
DO - 10.1177/0192513x16629182
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AN - SCOPUS:85026850441
SN - 0192-513X
VL - 38
SP - 1852
EP - 1877
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 13
ER -