Justifications and comparisons in the division of household laborthe relevance of gender ideology

  1. Martínez Martínez, Carmen 1
  2. Paterna Bleda, Consuelo 1
  3. Yago, Carmen 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

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Aldizkaria:
The Spanish Journal of Psychology

ISSN: 1138-7416

Argitalpen urtea: 2010

Alea: 13

Zenbakia: 1

Orrialdeak: 220-231

Mota: Artikulua

DOI: 10.1017/S1138741600003802 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openSarbide irekia editor

Beste argitalpen batzuk: The Spanish Journal of Psychology

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Este estudio muestra la relevancia directa de las justificaciones y comparaciones sociales (predictores de la percepción de justicia) sobre diferentes tipos de distribución de trabajo doméstico, así como la importancia de la ideología masculina y el neosexismo sobre las citadas variables. Los participantes fueron parejas heterosexuales de doble ingreso. Los resultados demuestran que hombres y mujeres usan más justificaciones cuando su distribución doméstica es desigual, y que solo las mujeres usan comparaciones sociales asociadas a las formas de distribución. Además se aprecia que las justificaciones se relacionan con una ideología tradicional masculina mientras que las comparaciones se asocian con el neosexismo, en el caso de los hombres y con la ideología masculina tradicional en el caso de las mujeres. Las implicaciones y sugerencias del estudio se comentan en relación a la distribución doméstica.

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This research was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education (SEJ2004/PSI-07235) and Fundación Séneca. We are grateful to Mª Dolores Hidalgo Montesinos for her advice in methodological questions. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Carmen Martínez. Universidad de Murcia. Facultad de Psicología.

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