作者 ｜
居維寧(新加坡大學社會工作及心理學系)
摘要 ｜
在新加坡從事的兩項研究中呈現出新加坡華人兩性心理特徵的現象：新加坡華人男女經理及中學生的男性化及女性化心理特徵非常相近；即無男生傾向男性化或女生傾向女性化的現象，而男性心性特徵與女性心理特徵之間有一個正面的統計相關性。這與西方一般兩性心理學的研究結果有很基本的差異。
第一項研究的對象是經理人員，用的是美國BEM製作的性別角色特徵。第二項是對男女中學生的調查，用的是香港許志超以華文製作的華人性別角色特徵量表。而這結果呈現於這二項截然不同的研究中，可見不是一個偶發現象。筆者認為華人價值觀中對男女都要求成就進取及敦睦體恤的價值是此現象的文化基礎。
關鍵字 ｜
男女角色性徵、亞洲文化、自我觀念
Title ｜
A Research Note: Gender Traits in Singapore
Author ｜
Weining C. Chang
Abstract ｜
A recurrent theme was noted in the findings of two studies involving gender traits — masculinity/femininity — in Singapore. In both studies, gender traits were found to be evenly distributed across male and female subjects. In contrast to reported Western findings, the majority of the subjects fell into the non-sex typed categories: androgynous and undifferentiated. This finding was consistent across the two studies of different age groups (teenagers versus adults), different demographic indicators (students versus managers) and across two different measures: the Personal Attribute Questionnaire and a Chinese Sex Role Inventory developed in Hong Kong. Cultural values which emphasize both social sensitivity and achievement in both males and females were cited as potential explanations.
Keywords ｜
Gender traits, Asian cultures, Self concept.