Date of Award
1986
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Perry, David G.
Abstract
This study assessed the perceived fairness of vignette characters who had contributed either more or less than a coworker in a task and had subsequently divided the rewards either equitably or equally. The objective was to explore the development of sex differences in distributive justice between preadolescence and adulthood in light of two competing explanations of those differences. The "normative" explanation states that males and females vary in their respective preferences for the norms of equity and equality. The "motivational" explanation states that the sexes vary their norm preference according to self-favoring (males) or generous (females) motives . Results provided no support for the former explanation, but support in the fifth grade and college groups for the latter explanation. The eighth grade group was unique in that those males rated generous allocations more fair than the females did. A developmental pattern of cognitive changes in sex-role concepts was suggested.
Extent
47 p.
Recommended Citation
BOLDIZAR, JANET P., "DEVELOPMENT OF SEX DIFFERENCES IN DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE (EQUITY, EQUALITY, FAIRNESS, REWARD ALLOCATION)" (1986). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1980 - 1989. 439.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_3/439
Identifier
FADT14298
Comments
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1986.