Orit Ichilov

Formation of professional images among Israeli student nurses.

Preparation for a professional role has been regarded as a complex process consisting of the acquisition of knowledge and skills (role socialization), on one hand, and the development of values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors (status socialization), on the other (Merton et al., 1957; Becker et al., 1961). This study has focused on the value dimension of the professional socialization process of Israeli student nurses. More specifically, the study has examined changes in the characteristics that students attribute to nursing at different stages of their training, and the extent to which such characteristics become part of their professional self-concept. The role teachers and nurses play in the formation of students’ professional images has also been examined.

Interethnic Contacts with Gifted, Disadvantaged Students: Effects on Ethnic Attitudes.

Multiethnic classes in an Israeli school produce greater social acceptance, less social distance, and changed perceptions of opportunity.

Israeli Adolescents' Perceptions of the Costs of the Transition to an Egalitarian Gender Role Allocation

Abstract This study examines how Israeli eleventh and twelfth graders perceive the costs of one pattern of gender role allocation: allowing women to combine gainful employment with domestic responsibilities, and greater assistance of men in the household. This pattern has become fairly common in recent years, and symbolizes for many people the essence of gender egalitarianism. An exchange model which is designed to explain males’ and females’ evaluations of costs was theoretically developed and empirically tested. The costs included physical costs (fatigue), psychological costs (stress, self‐image), and social costs (status) to both males and females, as well as economic costs to the family, and non‐economic costs related to child rearing and household maintenance (neglect, for example). The data revealed that all respondents viewed this pattern as costly, especially for women. However males rated each cost higher than females. They rated the physical, psychological, and the social costs for females highe...