ABSTRACT

While the characteristics associated with fathers have taken on more maternal traits more recently, a similar shift has not been observed for maternal characteristics. The role of mother remains stereotyped, and those who do not adhere to this often face criticism. This study examines the impact of parental stereotypes on the cognitive processes associated with reading. A sample of 32 individuals read 24 experimental passages introducing a parent (mother or father) in a traditional or non-traditional role, and in a neutral or disambiguating context. Results show a significant interaction between the type of role and gender of the parent on reading times. Simple main effect tests revealed that for traditional roles, fixation durations were longer when the protagonist was a father than when the protagonist was a mother. There was no effect of role type for fathers, yet for mothers, fixation durations were longer when they were depicted in non-traditional roles than when they were depicted in traditional roles. This disruption of information processing of schema incongruent content suggests that mothers’ parenting stereotypes remain anchored in society and are more rigid than those of fathers, supporting the idea of a double standard in parenting roles.

摘要

虽然最近与父亲相关的特征呈现出更多的母性特征，但母性特征并未观察到类似的转变。母亲的角色仍然是刻板的，不坚持这一点的人往往会受到批评。本研究考察了父母刻板印象对与阅读相关的认知过程的影响。32 个人的样本阅读了 24 篇实验性文章，这些文章以传统或非传统角色，在中立或消除歧义的背景下介绍父母（母亲或父亲）。结果显示，父母的角色类型和性别在阅读时间上存在显着的交互作用。简单的主效应测试表明，对于传统角色，当主角是父亲时的注视持续时间比当主角是母亲时长。角色类型对父亲没有影响，但对母亲来说，当他们被描绘成非传统角色时，注视持续时间比当他们被描绘成传统角色时更长。这种对图式不一致内容的信息处理的中断表明，母亲的养育刻板印象仍然根植于社会，并且比父亲的刻板印象更严格，支持了养育角色的双重标准的观点。