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Interamerican Journal of Psychology

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Abstract

GARCIA-CAMPOS, Tonatiuh. Traditional culture and masculinity femininity. Interam. j. psychol. [online]. 2008, vol.42, n.1, pp. 59-68. ISSN 0034-9690.

Considering socioculture as a determinant of personal behavior, this investigation had as objective to know the premises and masculinity- femininity structures, the relation between both constructs as; and the effect of different socio-demographic variables. With a sample of 291 participants, factorial structures explain the 43.03% and 40.3% of variance of the premises and of masculinity-femininity respectively. In addition, based on diverse socio-demographic variables, significant differences around factors were found. Results also show the relation between factors: a group of variables that denote a traditional culture, as well some items that moves towards cultural dynamism

Keywords : Culture; Urban-rural; Androgyny; Factor analysis.

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