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Sex Role Orientation among Selected Student Counsellors in Lagos Metropolis, Nigeria
Abstract
The study focused on the sex-role status of selected student counsellors in Lagos metropolis. A total of 60 participants, drawn from the University of Lagos and Lagos State University were involved in the study. Bem's Sex-Role Inventory BSRI (1994) was used to collect relevant data. Three assumptions were tested using simple percentage and the Chi-square test at the 0.05 alpha level. The findings, the subjects appeared sex-stereotypic, neither did their gender nor parental education influence their sex-role status. Based on the findings, certain recommendations were made.
Keywords: Sex role orientation, sex role status, sex stereotype
International Journal of Educational Research Vol. 3 (1) 2007 pp. 135-145
