ON THE INVESTIGATION OF MARRIED WOMEN'S GENDER-ROLE IDENTITY TYPES AS A FACTOR THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THEIR SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
This article presents the materials of empirical study of an under-investigated psychological problem of the impact of married women’s gender-role identity types on their sexual behavior. The following factors and criteria are determined: adaptive and non-adaptive forms of women’s sexual behavior; types of gender-role identity. The author’s approach to the use of S. Bem’s gender-role questionnaire is demonstrated. The author describes the factor structure of sexual behavior of married women with various types of their gender-role identities. The dependence of married women’s sexual behavior on the type of their gender-role identities is proved.