Sex Roles
Overview
    Sex Roles is a renowned interdisciplinary journal that explores the complex dynamics of gender and its impact on various aspects of society. With a focus on psychology, sociology, and related fields, it publishes cutting-edge research, theoretical perspectives, and empirical studies that shed light on the roles, expectations, and experiences of individuals in relation to sex and gender.
  
  Details
        Details
            Abbr.
            Sex Roles
          
          
                      
              Start
              1975
            
          
                      
              End
              Continuing
            
          
                      
              Frequency
              Twenty four no. a year
            
          
                      
              p-ISSN
              0360-0025
            
          
                      
              e-ISSN
              1573-2762
            
          
                      
              Country
              United States
            
          
                      
              
                Language
              
              
                                  English
                  
                              
            
          
          
                      
  
  Metrics
          Metrics
                  h-index / Ranks: 1509
                  145
                
                                                        
                  SJR / Ranks: 2773
                  1216
                
                                                        
                  CiteScore / Ranks: 3060
                  6.80
                
  
  Recent Articles
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    Fisher A, Stinson D, Kalajdzic A, Dupuis H, Lowey E, Desgrosseilliers E, et al.
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2025 Feb;
          91(3):16.
    
    PMID: 39990977
  
  
          Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11199-025-01560-y.
      
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    Nater C, Eagly A, Heilman M, Messerli-Burgy N, Sczesny S
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2024 Nov;
          90(11):1506-1520.
    
    PMID: 39524043
  
  
          Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11199-024-01509-7.
      
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    Hideg I, Krstic A, Trau R, Zhan Y, Zarina T
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2024 Oct;
          90(10):1326-1345.
    
    PMID: 39430687
  
  
          Organizations have started more progressively using and offering family benefits including parental leaves to address the issues of balancing work and family life. Although such leaves are fundamental for supporting,...
      
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    Sanchez D, Flannigan A, Guevara C, Arango S, Hamilton E
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2024 May;
          77(7-8):453-470.
    
    PMID: 38818107
  
  
          Utilizing grounded theory methodology and drawing from sexual script theory as a research lens, we examined familial gender ideologies, media portrayals of Black and Latina women, dating attitudes, and sexual...
      
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    Parrott D, Gallagher K
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2024 Apr;
          59(3-4):229-239.
    
    PMID: 38605719
  
  
          This study examined a pathway to heterosexual women's experience of anger and anxiety in response to lesbian interactions. Participants were 149 18-30 year old heterosexual female undergraduates (56% African American)...
      
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    Doerr K, Riegle-Crumb C, Russo-Tait T, Takasaki K, Sassler S, Levitte Y
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2024 Mar;
          85(7-8):422-439.
    
    PMID: 38549788
  
  
          This study utilizes interviews from 22 young female engineers from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds as they first entered the White and male-dominated engineering labor force with the goal of examining: (1)...
      
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    Parent M, Heffernan C, Woznicki N, Taylor Z
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2024 Feb;
          87(1-2):68-84.
    
    PMID: 38322278
  
  
          Bodybuilding is an increasingly popular sport in the United States. Across fields of psychology, history, sociology, and anthropology, bodybuilding has been examined as being related to, or as manifestly being,...
      
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    Riegle-Crumb C, Peng M, Russo-Tait T
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2024 Jan;
          82(1-2):102-116.
    
    PMID: 38282719
  
  
          Although it is well known that women have relatively high rates of attrition from STEM occupations in the United States, there is limited empirical research on the views and experiences...
      
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    Alcaniz-Colomer J, Moya M, Valor-Segura I
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2023 Jun;
          :1-17.
    
    PMID: 37360902
  
  
          Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11199-023-01375-9.
      
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    Mrozowicz-Wronska M, Janowicz K, Soroko E, Adamczyk K
  
  
    Sex Roles
    . 2023 Jun;
          :1-17.
    
    PMID: 37360901
  
  
          Existing research on singlehood has largely focused on the experiences of single women, and little is known about singlehood among men. The current investigation examined the experience of long-term singlehood...