Abstract
This study assessed the impact of a 3-mo. meditation retreat on 15 respondents' self-perceived masculinity and femininity. As hypothesized, male and female subjects, who on pretest perceived themselves to be more stereotypically feminine than normative samples, on posttest reported a significant shift to even greater endorsement of feminine adjectives and less endorsement of masculine adjectives.
Highlights
'A detailed report is on file with Microfiche Publications, P.O.B. 3513, Grand Central Sracion, New York, NY 10017
The study provided some support for the initial hypothesis, its exploratory nature did not permit clarification of why the expected changes occurred on certain words and not on others in the lists
The study provided additional refinement to the pretest profile of individuals attracted to meditation (Stek & Bass, 1973) in that when the pretest means of men and women from this study were compared with Bem's normative scores (Bern, 1974), we see that the women attracted to a meditation retreat were slightly more stereotypica!ly feminine than the normative female sample
Summary
'A detailed report is on file with Microfiche Publications, P.O.B. 3513, Grand Central Sracion, New York, NY 10017. Reliability of a four-quadrant model of self-control: ratings by experts i n Type A behavior-health psychology; East/West psychology; and sex-role psychology. Twelve men and 13 women completed the pretest, about 25% of those attending the retreat.
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