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The impact of sex-role development upon utilization of life review in males

Clower, Martha Wolf
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1056129028

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1991, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
In this study, life review was examined as it relates to sex-role development in males before and after the mid-life transition. Consistent with the literature, life review is defined as an internally focused self-evaluative process encompassing elements of self-analysis, comparison and synthesis. It was hypothesized that utilization of life review is related not to chronological age, as has been suggested, but to sex-role development. In addition, life review was examined in the context of its adaptive implications. The question was asked, is engagement in life review related to self-esteem? Forty males aged 30 to 40 and forty males aged 55 to 67 were evaluated on measures of sex-role development and self esteem. In addition, each subject provided a taped, unstructured life history. Results indicated that there is no relationship between life review frequency and sex-role classification in younger males. However, among older males, those who are sex-reversed (feminine, expressive) engage in significantly higher amounts of life review. Conversely, older males who are sex-typed (masculine, instrumental) are minimally engaged in life review. While self esteem was not found to be related to life review frequency, it was related to sex-role classification. Subjects in both groups who are members of high male classifications have significantly higher sel f esteem than those in low male classifications. These findings suggest that moderate life review activity is typical of males across the life span. Only highly expressive, minimally instrumental older males utilize life review to a great extent. And highly instrumental, minimally expressive older males engage in little, if any, life review. To the extent that life review may be an adaptive, dynamic psychological process related to the later life developmental tasks of integration and acceptance, these findings have implications for clinicians working with older males.
Jane Kessler (Advisor)
84 p.
Psychology, Developmental
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  • Clower, M. W. (1991). The impact of sex-role development upon utilization of life review in males [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1056129028

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Clower, Martha. The impact of sex-role development upon utilization of life review in males. 1991. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1056129028.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Clower, Martha. "The impact of sex-role development upon utilization of life review in males." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1056129028

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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