Otwartość na doświadczenie i poglądy na role płciowe a oceny kobiet i mężczyzn nietypowych dla swojej płci

Joanna Roszak

Abstract

The present study aimed to verify two hypotheses: (1) about the positive role of higher openness to experience (Big Five model) as a predictor of a better interpersonal evaluation of gender nonstereotypical persons, and (2) about the mediating function of gender role beliefs in determining the relation between openness to experience and interpersonal evaluation of those persons. The respondents were 502 women and men, with a mean age of 36.6 (SD = 7.7) and secondary or higher education level; all were administrative employees of companies related to agriculture industry. The design of the study was experimental, with gender and stereotypicality of target persons presented to the respondents as the manipulated variables; each respondent only evaluated one of the four target persons. Interpersonal evaluation involved the dimensions of morality and liking (Wojciszke, 2005). In line with Hypothesis 1, higher openness was a significant predictor of a better interpersonal evaluation of nonstereotypical targets. Hypothesis 2 was confirmed only for the evaluation of the nonstereotypical female target by women and nonstereotypical male target by men.