Gender, values, and occupational interests among children, adolescents, and adults.

Child Dev

Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,2100 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI54481, USA..

Published: October 2010

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  • Work plays a significant role in fulfilling personal values, which can differ between males and females.
  • The first study involved 313 participants of various ages examining how their values around money, power, family, and altruism influenced their interest in different occupations.
  • Findings showed that both occupational values and interests varied by sex, with participants' values predicting their attraction to traditionally masculine or feminine jobs.
  • The second study, involving 240 participants, manipulated the depicted sex of workers and job value descriptions to see how these factors influenced occupational interests, revealing that both aspects impacted choices across all age groups.

Article Abstract

Work fulfills personal values, perhaps differently for males and females. Explored here was the role values play in shaping occupational interests. Study 1 examined children's, adolescents', and adults' (N = 313) occupational values (regarding money, power, family, altruism), occupational interests, and perceptions of values afforded by traditionally masculine and feminine occupations. Results revealed sex differences in occupational values and interests. Furthermore, participants' values predicted their own interests in culturally masculine and feminine occupations. Study 2 used novel jobs and experimentally manipulated prototypical sex of worker and value affordances to disentangle their effects on occupational interests. At all ages, participants' (N = 240) occupational interests were affected by the depicted sex of the workers and by the stated value affordances of the jobs.

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