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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 4, 605-610 (1981)
DOI: 10.1177/014616728174015
© 1981 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Gender and Sex-Role Orientation Effects on Friendship Choice

Paul G. Banikiotes

University of Notre Dame

Greg J. Neimeyer

University of Notre Dame

Charles Lepkowsky

University of Notre Dame

This investigation explored the impact of gender and sex-role orientation upon the differences in description of ideal same-sex and other sex friends. It was hypothesized that less difference in such description would exist: (I) for androgynous rather than sex-role stereotyped subjects; and (2)for female subjects rather than male subjects. Gender differences affected perceptions whereas sex-role orientation differences did not. This finding confirmed the second hypothesis with female Ss exhibiting significantly less difference in their description of ideal male and ideal female friends than male Ss. Implications of this finding for Bem's (1979) reconceptualization of sex-role orientation were discussed.


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