قمر کیانی - Zanjan Health Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
هادی بهرامی - Dept. of Psychology, Azad University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
فرهاد طارمیان - Dept. of Psychiatry, Zanjan University of Medical sciences, Zanjan, Iran

Background and Objective: Attitude toward Gender egalitarianism that is submitted in gender role has an important role in interpersonal relations, personal, family and social mental health. Many factors including culture affect the gender role. The aim of the present study was to compare the gender role attitude in males and females with different levels of education. Materials and Methods: ۲۴۵ individuals were selected through stratified and cluster sampling from different universities and offices. The data was collected by self structured questionnaire and the data analyzed with T–test and regression statistics tests. Results: The findings showed that education and gender could affect the gender egalitarianism attitude. The gender egalitarianism was significantly different between males and females (p<۰/۰۰۱). Results showed that females had higher gender egalitarianism. The results also showed a significant difference in attitude between people with different levels of education (p<۰/۰۱). Individuals with higher grade of education had higher gender egalitarianism. The sex of individuals was a stronger predictor of gender egalitarianism than other variants such as language, education and income. Conclusion: Attempt to decrease the gap between females and males attitudes could lead to decrease the conflicts and problems between females and males in gender egalitarianism attitude and could improve the mental health.

Key words: Attitude, Gender role, Gender egalitarianism