Congruency of Sex-Role Identification in Normal and Disturbed Adolescent Males
17 pre-delinquent, 17 mixed psychiatric, and 17 normal adolescent males and their parents were compared for sex-role orientation and preference. No differences were found among groups. Sex-role orientation and preference were appropriate for each group, indicating a congruence between biological sex and sex-role identification and interests. A disturbance in sex-role orientation was not associated with the adolescent psychopathology surveyed here. Results suggest that troubled adolescents may not show the close association between sex-role disturbance and psychopathology found in adult disorders.