Predicting gender-role attitudes among mothers and their adolescent daughters in Israel

This study compared predictors of gender-role attitudes among 60 mothers and their 60 adolescent daughters in Israel Two sets of predictors were studied-background variables (education, religiosity, age, ethnicity, family income, and mother's length of marriage) and personality traits (self-esteem and tolerance for ambiguity). Significant correlations were found between the mothers' and daughters' gender-role attitudes. Among the mothers, the main background predictors were religiosity, ethnicity, and education, and the main personality predictor was self-esteem. Among the daughters, the main predictors were religiosity, mothers' length of marriage, and self-esteem. The variables were better predictors for the mothers than for the daughters.