e-Kafkas Eğitim Araştırmaları Dergisi (Aug 2021)
Examining Gender Role Attitude: The Roles of Cognitive Flexibility, Authenticity, Gender, Age, Number of Siblings, and Working Status of the Mother
Abstract
Being an important part of human identity, gender has gone beyond being a biological concept with the social roles assigned to it, and has become a determining factor in participation in social life. However, this situation does not belong to the nature of gender, but is mostly the product of a social construction process. In this process, the limit to what extent each individual will be affected by social norms can be related to the individual's cognitive capacity and efforts to lead an authentic life by revealing her/his own reality. The aim of this study is to examine some variables that predict gender roles attitude. The research was designed in accordance with correlational design and causal comparison methods among quantitative research approaches. The research group consists of 452 participants studying at Trabzon University in the 2019-2020 academic year. Personal Information Form, Gender Roles Attitude Scale, Cognitive Flexibility Inventory and Authenticity Scale were used as data collection tools. Analyzes were performed on SPSS 22.0. The regression model established as a result of the research is meaningful. The study revealed that cognitive flexibility, authenticity, gender, age, number of siblings and working status of the mother explained %23.9 of the total variance in gender roles attitude. While cognitive flexibility, gender, number of siblings and working status of the mother have a significant role in predicting gender roles attitude, authenticity and age do not. The study also found that gender roles attitudes differ significantly according to gender and working status of the mother. The obtained findings were discussed based on the literature and recommendations for further research were presented.
