GENDER-ROLE SOCIALIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA

Implications for Cross Cultural Research

  1. Patricia K. Kerig1,*,
  2. Yulya Y. Alyoshina2,
  3. Alla S. Volovich2

Article first published online: 28 JUL 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1993.tb00652.x

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Psychology of Women Quarterly

Psychology of Women Quarterly

Volume 17, Issue 4, pages 389–408, December 1993

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Kerig, P. K., Alyoshina, Y. Y. and Volovich, A. S. (1993), GENDER-ROLE SOCIALIZATION IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 17: 389–408. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1993.tb00652.x

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  1. 1

    Simon Fraser University

  2. 2

    Moscow State University

*Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Patricia K. Kerig, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUL 2006
  2. Article first published online: 28 JUL 2006
  3. First draft received: May 25, 1993 Final draft received: June 22, 1993

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This article represents a collaboration between Russian and Western researchers concerned with the cross-cultural study of gender. A con-temporary Russian psychoanalytic perspective on gender role development in the context of their own culture is presented, and its relationship to the Soviet and Western research literature is explored. Historical changes are noted in the transitions from prerevolutionary peasant society to Soviet socialism and to the new reforms in Russia. A long standing ambivalence toward agentic values is described throughout these phases of Russian history, and its legacy is identified in current social problems. Difficulties inherent in using Western conceptualizations of gender roles in this different context are discussed, as are points of compatibility, and their application to an investigation of Russian gender roles is illustrated.

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