What leads to Chinese women's gender role conflict? The influence of liberal attitudes toward women's role, career aspiration and gender stereotype perception.

Abstract

Liberal attitudes towards women's role and career aspiration can increase women's career aspiration and gender role conflict. Gender stereotype perception can also increase gender role conflict. This study sets in the context of Chinese society, focusing on Chinese women with paid-job, between20 and 60 years old. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between liberal attitudes towards women's role, career aspiration, gender stereotype perception and gender role conflict. In total, 128 participants were included in the study. In line with the hypothesis, career aspiration partially mediated the relationship between liberal attitudes towards women's role and gender role conflict. However, no moderating effect of gender stereotype perception on the relationship between career aspiration and gender role conflict. In short, this study evidence for the role of gender role conflict in Chinese society, providing some insights that people should find a way to reduce women's gender role conflict. Future research could also continue to examine these relationships by using cultural background as a control variable in the study or use scales with original Chinese version instead of translating and rephrase English version. In addition, more factors and methods can also be considered.