Dr. Asha Chawla ThakralPratibha2024-05-312024-05-312024Pratibha (2024). Social – personal variables and gender role attitude among children (Unpublished M.Sc. thesis). Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810209539The present study, titled “Social-Personal Variables and Gender Role Attitude among Children” investigated the gender role attitudes and media usage influence among 240 children (120 boys and 120 girls) in both rural and urban primary and senior secondary schools within Ludhiana district. Data on the socio-personal information of the children were collected using a self-structured general information sheet. The study utilized a self-structured gender role attitude scale and a self-structured media usage influence scale to assess the levels of gender role attitudes and media influence among the children. The findings of the study indicated that a significant proportion of the children fell within the transitional category of gender role attitudes, followed by the egalitarian category. Urban children were more likely to exhibit transitional and egalitarian gender role attitudes, while girls were predominantly in the transitional category. Additionally, sixth-grade children demonstrated a higher likelihood of having egalitarian gender role attitudes. In terms of media usage influence, a larger number of rural children were found to be influenced at a medium level. In contrast, girls were more significantly influenced at a high level, and sixth-grade children exhibited a higher level of media influence compared to third-grade children. The study identified a significant difference between fathers' education and children's gender role attitudes, suggesting that the educational level of fathers played a role in shaping their children's gender role attitudes. However, no significant differences were observed in relation to mothers' education, birth order, number of siblings, family size, fathers' occupation, and mothers' occupation in terms of children's gender role attitudes. Similarly, no significant differences were found regarding mothers' education, fathers' education, birth order, number of siblings, family size, fathers' occupation, mothers' occupation, and media usage influence among the selected children.EnglishThesis