Intergenerational Transmission of Benevolent Sexism from Mothers to Daughters and its Relation to Daughters' Academic Performance and Goals

  1. Montañés, P. 1
  2. de Lemus, S. 3
  3. Bohner, G. 2
  4. Megías, J.L. 3
  5. Moya, M. 3
  6. Garcia-Retamero, R. 3
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  2. 2 Bielefeld University
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    Bielefeld University

    Bielefeld, Alemania

    ROR https://ror.org/02hpadn98

  3. 3 Universidad de Granada
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    Universidad de Granada

    Granada, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04njjy449

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Revista:
Sex Roles

ISSN: 0360-0025

Ano de publicación: 2012

Volume: 66

Número: 7-8

Páxinas: 468-478

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.1007/S11199-011-0116-0 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84858339802 WoS: WOS:000302290600004 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Outras publicacións en: Sex Roles

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Resumo

A questionnaire study addressed the intergenerational transmission of benevolent sexist beliefs (BS) from mothers to adolescent daughters and influences of BS on daughters' traditional goals, academic goals (i. e., getting an academic degree), and academic performance. In addition, the role of mothers' educational level and job status as predictors of their BS was explored. One hundred sixty-four pairs of female adolescents and their mothers from Granada (Spain) completed questionnaires independently. Hypotheses were tested in a path model. Results suggest that mothers' BS is negatively predicted by their education but not their job status. Mothers' BS predicted daughters' BS, which in turn negatively predicted daughters'goal to get an academic degree and positively predicted daughters' traditional goals. Daughters' academic performance was positively predicted by their goal to get an academic degree and negatively predicted by mothers' BS. Results are discussed in terms of the socializing influence of mothers' sexist ideology on their daughters and its implications for the maintenance of traditional roles that perpetuate gender inequalities. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.