TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1980//
TI  - Age and change in the adult male sex role
JO  - Sex roles
A1  - Moreland, John
SP  - 807
EP  - 818
VL  - 6
IS  - 6
N2  - The present paper proposes that the adult male sex role cannot be adequately understood without adopting a developmental perspective. The author reviews some of the current literature on the male sex role, summarizes Levinson's model of male adult personality development, and provides a reinterpretation of the mechanism by which men move into transition and stable periods. The paper concludes that men modify their conceptions of masculinity at a number of points throughout their adult years. These modifications result from dissonance created when their current concept of appropriate male behavior becomes too discrepant with age norms.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0360-0025
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00287236
ID  - ref1
ER  -