Traditional Gender Roles and Their Connections to Relational Uncertainty and Relational Satisfaction

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe current study utilised an adult population (N = 294) to investigate the relationships between traditional gender role endorsement, relational uncertainty and relational satisfaction. Specifically, it was hypothesised that individuals who more strongly endorsed traditional gender roles would report significantly less relational uncertainty. Further it was proposed that relational uncertainty would mediate a significant association between endorsement of traditional gender roles and relational satisfaction. Both hypotheses were supported. Implications of these results on the literature surrounding masculine and feminine gender roles are discussed, as well as some considerations for how future research might consider traditional gender role endorsement.