A Study on Sex Role Identity and Family Group Characteristics among University Students

Oh, Yoon Hee; Park, Young Sook

doi:2006.12.1.22

Korean J Women Health Nurs > Volume 12(1); 2006 > Article

Original Article

Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing 2006;12(1):22-28.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.2006.12.1.22

A Study on Sex Role Identity and Family Group Characteristics among University Students

¹Department of Nursing, Graduate School, Seoul National University. oyh5@snu.ac.kr
²College of Nursing, Seoul National University.

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to investigate sex role identity and family group characteristics among university students. METHOD: The participants of the study were 325 university students at S university in Seoul from September 1st to 30th, 2001 and from September 1st to 30th, 2003. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire, sex role identity scale, and family group characteristics type scale. Data were analyzed by frequency, means, t-test, Chi-square test, and Pearson's correlation in the SPSS Win Program. RESULT: In this study, there was a high prevalence of androgyny to female(31.9%) and masculinity to male(39.4%) university students. There was a significant difference between male and female students in sex role identity(p=.000). "Family concord" indicated a high mean score of family group characteristics (4.71+/-.80). There were significant differences between family group characteristics and masculinity and femininity type.
CONCLUSION
There is a high relationship between family group characteristics and sex role identities of university students. It is necessary to explore the varied aspects of the androgyny concept, and further research is needed on factors of family group characteristics.

Key Words: Sex role; Identity; Family