Sex Differences in
This study suggests that there are sex differences in vocational attitude maturity. In the four school stratified sample of eleventh grade boys and girls studied, the girls scored significantly higher than the boys in vocational attitude. No sex differences in overall level of self esteem, as measured by the Tennessee Self Concept Scale, were found. For both sexes a significant relationship between the over all level of self esteem and vocational attitude maturity was indicated, with the relationship being higher for males than for females. The self concept variables of self satisfaction, family, and moral ethical self were found to contribute to the vocational attitude maturity of males. For females, the self concept variables of identity and moral ethical self contributed to their vocational attitude maturity.