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A Study Of Gender-Role Attitudes Among Contemporary White And African American Couples, Margaret Cecile Dust Jan 1995

A Study Of Gender-Role Attitudes Among Contemporary White And African American Couples, Margaret Cecile Dust

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Problem. Limited and conflictual studies have been completed on White and African American marriages and gender-roles. As a result, this study sought to compare perceptions of gender-roles in White and African American married couples. In addition, this study looked at relationships between gender-roles, length of marriage, and level of education in White and African American married couples.

Method. A total of 92 couples (26 African American, 33 White interacting married, 33 White non-interacting defacto) participated in this study. The defacto couples served as a control group.

The Bem Sex-Role Inventory, Masculine-Feminine Sex-Roles Survey, and a demographics sheet were given to …


Androgynous Coping Behaviors: A Test Of Bem's Sex-Role Theory, Roy Lucas Lukman Jan 1983

Androgynous Coping Behaviors: A Test Of Bem's Sex-Role Theory, Roy Lucas Lukman

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Purpose. The purpose of this research was to elucidate the ministry of lay elders as it is suggested in the New Testament and to construct a model for the ministry of local church elders in the Inca Union Mission.

Method. This study was documentary and theological. The primary source was the New Testament, specifically the gospels, the book of Acts, and the epistles. Secondary literature was employed to support the biblical findings of the elders' tasks.

Conclusions. In harmony with the teaching of the Scriptures regarding early church organization and leadership, elders are selected by the local church and ordained …