SEX-ROLES AND VALUES OF SCHOOL-CHILDREN USING SELF-ESTEEM AS A MODERATING FACTOR

This article consists of two studies. Study 1 compares the values of F innish high school students with those of American students. The resul ts show that Finnish adolescents value popularity more than academic o r athletic success. Differences in values also reflect differences in the Finnish national character, school system, and sports organization . Study 2 investigated self-esteem as a moderating factor between the adolescents' values and their sex roles. Subjects were 743 school chil dren who completed the Bem's Sex-Role Inventory and the Coopersmith's Self-esteem Inventory. The results showed that a traditional sex role was more prominent in the group of students with low self-esteem than in the group with high self-esteem.