Gender Roles

The research on gender has involved a variety of issues related to gender.  A series of investigations examined the development of gender beliefs in children, and some of the implications of those beliefs.

Research with adults has examined the relationship between gender stereotypes and leadership stereotypes, and the evaluative associations contained in adult gender stereotypes.

More recent research involves how gender roles affect interpersonal relationships, especially romantic relationships.

Representative Research

Gettys, L. D., & Cann, A.  (1981).  Children’s perceptions of occupational sex stereotypes.  Sex Roles, 7, 301-308.

Cann, A., & Haight, J. M.  (1983).  Children’s perceptions of relative competence in sex typed occupations.  Sex Roles, 9, 767-773.

Cann, A., & Garnett, A. K.  (1984).  Sex stereotype impacts on competence ratings by children.  Sex Roles,11, 333-343.

Cann, A., & Newbern, S. R.  (1984).  Sex stereotype effects in children’s picture recognition.  Child Development,55, 1085-1090.

Cann, A., & Palmer, S.  (1986).  Children’s assumptions about the generalizability of sex-typed abilities.  Sex Roles, 14, 551-558.

Cann, A., & Siegfried, W. D.  (1987).  Sex stereotypes and the leadership role. Sex Roles, 17, 401-408.

Cann, A., & Siegfried, W. D.  (1990).  Gender stereotypes and dimensions of effective leader behavior.  Sex Roles,23, 413-419.

Cann, A.  (1991).  Gender stereotypes and sports participation.  In L. Diamant (ed.)., The psychology of sports, exercise, and fitness: Social and personal issues.  New York: Hemisphere Press.

Cann, A.  (1993).  Evaluative expectations and the gender schema: Is failed inconsistency better?  Sex Roles, 28,667-678.

Cann, A., & Vann, E. D.  (1995).  Implications of sex and gender differences for self:  Perceived advantages and disadvantages of being the other gender.  Sex Roles, 33, 531-541.

Henriques, G., Calhoun, L. G., & Cann, A.  (1996). Ethnic differences in women’s body satisfaction:  An experimental investigation.  Journal of Social Psychology,136, 689-698.

Truman-Schram, D. M., Cann, A., Calhoun, L. G., &VanWallendael, L. R.  (2000).  Leaving an abusive relationship: An Investment Model comparison of women who stay vs. women who leave. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 19, 161-183.

Cann, A., Mangum, J. L., & Wells, M. (2001). Distress in response to relationship infidelity: The roles of gender and attitudes about relationships. Journal of Sex Research, 38, 185-190.

Cann, A. (2004). Rated importance of personal characteristics across four relationships. Journal of Social Psychology, 144, 322-334.

Cann, A., & Baucom, T. R. (2004). Former partners and new rivals as threats to a relationship: Infidelity type, gender, and commitment as factors related to distress and forgiveness. Personal Relationships, 11,305-318.

Vishnevsky, T., Cann, A., Calhoun, L. G., Tedeschi, R. G., & Demakis, G. J. (2010). Gender differences in posttraumatic growth: A meta-analysis. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 34, 110-120.