Rekers and Moray
Rekers and Moray:
The independent variable of this study would be the boys and the dependent variable would be have to be investigates; as this would make this study a fair experiment. The method does not say how long it took to do this study; however it does say how many participants there was. The aim supports the results as we have found out in the results boys who do not have a father figure present during childhood are more likely to develop a problem with their gender identity. Though this study does not explain why children brought up in one- parent families, without a strong same-sex role model, do not have any difficulty developing their gender. It also does not explain why two children of the same sex brought up in the same home with the same role models can behave differently. For example, two brothers could be brought up in the same house and have the same group of friends but one could be more masculine in his behaviour than the other.
Rekers and Moray study can be criticised because this study has low demographics, as they only used children and they used boys who already had gender disturbance. The results can’t be generalised to everybody like adults or females. It also don’t mention how the children were brought up, this could affect results because there may be other factors that influence the results. Another thing is that they only used 48 boys. A good point of the study is it was ethical because no one was harmed. This study explains how some boys who do not have a father figure present could have problems with their gender identity, this is because there were brought up my their mothers and wouldn’t have had a role model who is male in their life. However, role models can be in the media or can be seen by others in the environment.
The independent variable of this study would be the boys and the dependent variable would be have to be investigates; as this would make this study a fair experiment. The method does not say how long it took to do this study; however it does say how many participants there was. The aim supports the results as we have found out in the results boys who do not have a father figure present during childhood are more likely to develop a problem with their gender identity. Though this study does not explain why children brought up in one- parent families, without a strong same-sex role model, do not have any difficulty developing their gender. It also does not explain why two children of the same sex brought up in the same home with the same role models can behave differently. For example, two brothers could be brought up in the same house and have the same group of friends but one could be more masculine in his behaviour than the other.
Rekers and Moray study can be criticised because this study has low demographics, as they only used children and they used boys who already had gender disturbance. The results can’t be generalised to everybody like adults or females. It also don’t mention how the children were brought up, this could affect results because there may be other factors that influence the results. Another thing is that they only used 48 boys. A good point of the study is it was ethical because no one was harmed. This study explains how some boys who do not have a father figure present could have problems with their gender identity, this is because there were brought up my their mothers and wouldn’t have had a role model who is male in their life. However, role models can be in the media or can be seen by others in the environment.