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Prado, Luis Antonio. "Patriarchy and machismo: Political, economic and social effects on women." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2623.
Full textHill, S. Kristian. "Gender differences in the strategic the [sic] use of self- reported handicaps." Virtual Press, 1995. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/941720.
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McGuirl, Kerry Elizabeth. "Gender differences regarding the idealized sex partner." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1115755.
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Simonich, Heather K. "Sex differences in social support among cancer patients." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1222834.
Full textDepartment of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
Carville, John Anthony. "The effects of obesity and gender on selection of therapist and expectations about the therapeutic process." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/957.
Full textWoodger, Neil Cameron. "The type A behaviour pattern, sex differences and control in the occupational environment." Thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/141481.
Full textHowse, Rose M. "An examination of sex differences in attitude, ability and interest." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1988. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/233.
Full textMorley, Jacoba Lena. "The effects of gender, self-esteem, age, and relationship on compliance-gaining strategy selection." Scholarly Commons, 2001. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/553.
Full textGoldsmith, Janet Day. "The Effect of Psychological Gender and Self-monitoring on Leader Emergence and Leader Behavior." PDXScholar, 1995. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4974.
Full textVanderLaan, Doug P., and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Elucidating the origins of heterosexual sex differences in mating psychology by examining the behaviour of homosexual men and women." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/674.
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Rank, Janice Lee. "Moral orientation and decision-making: Ethnic and gender differences." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1991. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/456.
Full textSerbu, Jacqueline. "Effects of college athletic participation on job satisfaction and life satisfaction." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42086.
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Lai, Josanna Yuk-Lin. "Is keeping in or letting out anger good for your heart?" Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30099.
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Walton, Marcus D. "Differences Among Athletes and Non-Athletes in Sex Role Orientation and Attitudes Towards Women: Comparing Results from 1982 and 2005." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2005. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/WaltonMD2005.pdf.
Full textDunn, Kerri F. "Degrading pornography: A male perspective." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/783.
Full textLash, Steven Joseph. "Gender differences in cardiovascular reactivity: effects of the gender relevance of the stressor." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39928.
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Lauw, Erven. "Essays on corruption and development issues." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7784.
Full textEsparza, Schaylee Marie. "Mediating Academic Success: Race, Class, Gender and Community College Persistence." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2019.
Full textGrossmann, Sandra Joy. "Math Anxiety, Coping Behavior, and Gender." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4857.
Full textMarten, Linda M. (Linda Mae). "Gender Specific Reactions to Incest." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331429/.
Full textDancu, Toni Nicole. "Designing Exhibits For Gender Equity." PDXScholar, 2010. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/339.
Full textThayer, Nancy Lynn. "Children's Conception of the Social and Moral Dilemmas Associated with Drug Use." PDXScholar, 1994. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4852.
Full textKerekes, Kendall Teague. "An investigation of sex roles and locus of control that influence female leadership career intentions." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2090.
Full textJun, Ye-Hwa. "A Study of the Relationship between Field-Independent and Field-Dependent Cognitive Styles and Social Behaviors during Free-Play of Preschool Children." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331292/.
Full textWilcox, Gary A. (Gary Alden). "Handedness, Perceptual and Short Term Memory Asymmetries, and Personality." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331119/.
Full textStandridge, Daniel. "The Economic Impact of Veteran Status: The Effect of Veteran and Demographic Statuses on Household Income." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/977.
Full textMufukari, Fungai. "Gender related factors that lead to depression after diagnosis with HIV/AIDS." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17901.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: People diagnosed as being HIV positive or having AIDS develop depression as they attempt to cope with their daily lives. Some studies have indicated the prevalence of depression and anxiety in people living with HIV/AIDS is higher than in the general population. An evaluation of gender related factors that lead to depression after a diagnosis with HIV/AIDS will highlight the incidences and frequency of what individuals experience in their daily lives. The research is a descriptive study in which the factors that cause depression after HIV/AIDS diagnosis were identified and related to gender. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to analyse the responses elicited from the participants in the sample. Twenty five PLHAs who had been diagnosed with depression were selected from patients attending both Nthabiseng and Luthando Clinics at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg. A questionnaire was designed to gather demographic as well as information regarding family, social and economic history. A short interview was also conducted with selected patients to determine in their own words what causes their depression. The selected patient hospital charts were analysed to gain additional information to complete the equation. A semi structured interview was conducted with 13 selected health care professionals to gather information on how they see depression in the presence of HIV and whether they are adequately equipped to detect and manage this condition. The findings from this study supported the view depression is present or develops after a positive HIV diagnosis and a difference was detected in the causes of depression in women and that of men. Common causes of depression after HIV diagnosis were denial, fear of death and social insecurity. Women were more likely to attribute their depression to denial and worry about work and family responsibility. Men attributed their depression to failure to provide for their family and loss of social status. Recognising the causes of and gender differences in the causes of HIV-related depression may help in designing more effective counselling strategies and improve management and care of PLHAs.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Daar is 'n aantal mense wat nie aan depressie ly voordat hulle met HIV gediagnoseer word nie. Meeste studies dui aan dat die voorkoms van depressie en angstigheid by mense wat lewe met MIV en VIGS heelwat hoër is as die algemene MIV populasie. Baie mense, insluitende gesondheidsorgwerkers, neem aan dat depressie 'n onontsnapbare newe-effek is van MIV/VIGS diagnose. Dus mag dit gebeur dat depressie ongesiens verby gaan, onbehandeld, met die gevolg van oneffektiewe behandeling, riskante optrede, swak bestuur van MIV/VIGS en 'n lae lewenskwaliteit vir hierdie pasiënte. Hierdie navorsingsartikel kyk na die geslags-verwante faktore wat lei tot depressie na die diagnosering van MIV/VIGS. Die navorsing is 'n beskrywende studie waarin faktore wat depressie in MIV/VIGS gediagnoseerde pasiënte veroorsaak identifiseer en gedifferensieer word afhangende van geslag. Kwantitatiewe asook kwalitatiewe metodes is gebruik. Dertig PLHAs wat met depressie gediagnoseer is, word behandel in Nthabiseng asook Luthando Kliniek by die Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospitaal in Soweto, Johannesburg. Nthabiseng is die MIV Kliniek en Luthando is die psigiatriese kliniek vir MIV/VIGS pasiënte. 'n Vraelys is saamgestel om demografiese asook familie, sosiologiese en ekonomiese inligting te verkry. 'n Kort onderhoud is ook met sommige pasiënte gehou om in hul eie woorde te hoor wat hul glo hul depressie veroorsaak. Die geselekteerde pasiënte se hospitaal kaarte is geanaliseer, met die doel om die dokter se insette of redes te kry oor die pasiënte se depressie. 'n Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoud was gedoen met gesondheidsorgwerkers in Luthando- en Nthabiseng klinieke om inligting te verkry oor hoe hierdie professionele gesondheidsorgwerkers depressie sien by MIV/VIGS pasiënte en of hul bevoegd is om dit te identifiseer en te behandel. Die studie het bevind dat daar 'n verskil is by oorsake van depressie by vroue en oorsake van depressie by mans. Mees algemene oorsake van depressie by MIV/VIGS pasiënte is ontkenning, vrees van dood en sosiale onstabiliteit. By die vroue het ontkenning en bekommernis oor werk- en familie verantwoordelikhede meestal bygedra tot hierdie depressie, en by die mans was dit meer asof daar 'n algemene terleurstelling geheers het in hul gemoed. 'n Terleurstelling deurdat hul nie vir hul families sal kan sorg nie asook die vernedering in die sosiale netwerk. Om die verskille in MIV-geassosieerde depressie gebasseer op geslag te kan herken mag bydra tot die ontwerp van meer effektiewe beradingstrategië.
Walburn, Kathryn H. "Males' and Females' Attitudes Toward a Prospective Social Group Member with a History of Mental Illness." UNF Digital Commons, 1986. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/656.
Full textPopple, Helen. "A mixed methods investigation of perceptions of adulthood and gender : links to stereotyped and risky behaviours amongst young people in Kirkcaldy, Fife." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4496.
Full textSchoon, Alette Jeanne. "Raw phones: the domestication of mobile phones amongst young adults in Hooggenoeg, Grahamstown." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002937.
Full text"Gender, household and economic restructuring in Hong Kong." Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5888960.
Full textThesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 174-184).
Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter 1.1) --- Economic Restructuring in Hong Kong --- p.1
Chapter 1.2) --- An Agenda Of and For Working Class Families --- p.2
Chapter 1.3) --- Synopsis of Arguments --- p.5
Chapter 1.4) --- "Methodology, Sampling and Limitation" --- p.13
Chapter 1.5) --- Structure of This Thesis --- p.16
Chapter Chapter Two: --- "Gender, Family and the Economy" --- p.18
Chapter 2.1) --- Social Dimension of Economic Restructuring --- p.18
Chapter 2.2) --- "Family, Gender and the Economy" --- p.20
Chapter 2.3) --- Unpacking the Chinese Family --- p.24
Chapter 2.4) --- Reconceptualizing Family Strategy --- p.26
Chapter 2.5) --- Framework and Conceptualization --- p.32
Chapter Chapter Three: --- The Socio-Political Context of Economic Restructuring in Hong Kong
Chapter 3.1) --- The Hong Kong Way of Economic Restructuring --- p.39
Chapter 3.2) --- Economic Restructuring: A Private Problem of Workers --- p.42
Chapter 3.3) --- The Gendered Labour Market Under Economic Restructuring --- p.46
Chapter Chapter Four: --- Gender Embeddedness of Strategization --- p.50
Chapter 4.1) --- Major Concerns of Coping Responses --- p.52
Chapter 4.2) --- Strategic Orientation --- p.55
Chapter 4.3) --- Familial Resources and Constraints in Devising Coping Responses --- p.59
Chapter 4.4) --- Subjective Engagement of the Actors --- p.63
Chapter Chapter Five: --- Familial Embeddedness I-- Strategization of Impoverished Families --- p.68
Chapter 5.1) --- The Predicaments of Impoverished Families --- p.69
Chapter 5.2) --- Impoverished Traditional Families: Patriarchal Household Resource Mobilization --- p.73
Chapter 5.3) --- Impoverished Flexible Families: Negotiating Household Resource --- p.85
Chapter 5.4) --- Impoverished Solitary Families: Relying on External Resource --- p.93
Chapter 5.5) --- Strategization in Impoverished Families --- p.96
Chapter Chapter Six: --- Familial Embeddedness II-- Strategization of Sustainable Families --- p.99
Chapter 6.1) --- Sustainable Traditional Families: Securing Breadwinner's Employment --- p.101
Chapter 6.2) --- Sustainable Flexible Families: Negotiating Couple's Employment --- p.113
Chapter 6.3) --- Strategization in Sustainable Families --- p.123
Chapter Chapter Seven: --- Familial Embeddedness III-- Strategization of Affluent Families --- p.127
Chapter 7.1) --- Mobilizing Breadwinner's Employment --- p.128
Chapter 7.2) --- Trivializing Wife's Employment --- p.131
Chapter 7.3) --- Strategization in Affluent Families --- p.138
Chapter Chapter Eight: --- Conclusion --- p.140
Chapter 8.1) --- The Gender Embeddedness and Familial Embeddedness of Strategization --- p.141
Chapter 8.2) --- The Social Impacts of Economic Restructuring -- Gender and Intraclass Differences --- p.143
Chapter 8.3) --- Theoretical Implication: Family Strategy Revisited --- p.147
Endnotes --- p.155
Appendix
Chapter 1: --- Tables --- p.162
Chapter 2: --- Profile of the Informants and of their Families --- p.164
Chapter 3: --- Question Set for In-depth Interviews --- p.169
Bibliography --- p.174
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1.1 Gender Difference in Strategization --- p.5
Table 1.2 Familial Embeddedness in Strategization --- p.7
Table 4.1 Gender Difference in Strategization (Same as Table 1.1) --- p.51
Table 4.2 Categorization of Informants Across Attitudes and Major Concerns in Strategization --- p.51
Table 5.1 Familial Embeddedness in Strategization (Same as Table 1.2) --- p.68
Table 5.2 Categorization of Families According to Different Familial Contexts --- p.69
Appendix 1
"Table I Persons and Percentage Engaged in Selected Economic Sectors, 1985-94" --- p.162
Table II Establishments and Persons Engaged in the Manufacturing Sector --- p.162
Table III Nominal and Real Wage Indices of Payroll per Person Engaged --- p.164
Oppenheimer, Marian Ehrich 1969. "The effects of gender, ethnicity and socio-economic status on coping with HIV." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/18199.
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Scicluna-Calleja, Alexandra. "Love relationships and gender differences over time." Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/2923.
Full textHoss, Rebecca Anne. "What is beautiful is sex-typed a developmental examination /." Thesis, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3116338.
Full text"Gender bias and quantity quality tradeoff of children in China." 2005. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5892431.
Full textThesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-49).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter 2 --- Data --- p.4
Chapter 3 --- Gender and Birth Order of Children --- p.7
Chapter 3.1 --- Hypothesis Development --- p.7
Chapter 3.1.1 --- Gender Discrimination --- p.7
Chapter 3.1.2 --- Birth Order --- p.12
Chapter 3.2 --- Results on Gender Bias --- p.14
Chapter 3.2.1 --- Overall Results --- p.15
Chapter 3.2.2 --- Gender Bias in Rural versus Urban Area --- p.18
Chapter 3.2.3 --- Household Characteristics and Gender Bias --- p.19
Chapter 3.3 --- Birth Order Effect --- p.22
Chapter 4 --- Number of Children --- p.25
Chapter 4.1 --- Hypothesis and Empirical Strategy --- p.25
Chapter 4.2 --- Results --- p.30
Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.33
Tables --- p.35
References --- p.46
"Gender differences in the experience of anxiety in competitive sport, among Hong Kong elite athletes." Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5895595.
Full textRunning title: Elite athletes anxiety experiences.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 154-161 (2nd gp.)).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.ii
ABSTRACT --- p.iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iv
LIST OF TABLES --- p.vii
LIST OF FIGURES --- p.x
Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- GENDER ON THE SPORTS AGENDA? --- p.1
Gender Inequity in Sport --- p.1
Female Participation in the Olympic Games --- p.2
Gender Inequity in the Administration of the Olympic
Movement --- p.10
Sport and the Construction of Gender --- p.14
Conclusion --- p.17
Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- TOWARDS A FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF GENDER AND SPORT BEHAVIOUR --- p.20
Feminism and Sport --- p.20
Feminist Analysis of Sport as Cultural Criticism --- p.20
Feminist Critiques of Sport Psychology --- p.22
Individual Differences: The biological imperative - Sex Differences --- p.22
Individual Differences: Gender Role Orientation --- p.26
Individual Differences ´Ø Role Conflict --- p.30
Conclusion --- p.32
Relational Research: Gender in Context --- p.33
Conclusion --- p.34
Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- ANXIETY IN THE CONTEXT OF SPORT --- p.36
Introduction --- p.36
Concepts and Theories about Anxiety and Competitive Sports - Historical Development --- p.36
Cognitively Based Interpretations of Anxiety --- p.39
Competitive Sport Anxiety- A New Model Emerges --- p.42
Research in Competitive Sports-Related Anxiety --- p.43
Research on Gender and Competitive Sport Anxiety --- p.47
Conclusion --- p.48
Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY AND GENDER-RELATED SPORT BEHAVIOUR --- p.50
Self-Efficacy --- p.51
Perceived Competence --- p.52
Achievement Goal Perspectives --- p.53
Expectancy-Value Model --- p.55
An Interactional Model of Female Sport Experience --- p.59
Overall Model --- p.60
Individual Components of the Model --- p.61
Gender and Anxiety Experiences in Competitive Sport: Hong Kong Elite Athletes --- p.64
Individual Components of the Model --- p.67
Overall Model --- p.68
Implications --- p.68
Hypotheses --- p.70
Minor Hypotheses --- p.70
Model Level Hypotheses --- p.70
CHAPTER 5 METHOD --- p.71
Introduction --- p.71
Methodology --- p.72
Pilot Study --- p.72
Main Study --- p.75
Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- RESULTS(i). VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF INSTRUMENTS --- p.78
Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale --- p.78
Task and Ego Orientation Questionnaire --- p.78
Anxiety Experiences in Training and Competition Questionnaire --- p.80
Training and Competition AR Scales --- p.80
Training and Competition BR Scales --- p.93
Training and Competition BRE Scales --- p.106
Chapter CHAPTER 7 --- RESULTS (ii). HYPOTHESIS TESTING --- p.107
Descriptives --- p.107
Intensity of Anxiety Response --- p.107
Scale Means and Standard Deviations --- p.108
Minor hypotheses --- p.111
Main Effect --- p.111
Interaction Effect --- p.114
Model Testing --- p.119
Multiple Regression Analyses --- p.119
Path Analyses --- p.134
Chapter CHAPTER 8 --- DISCUSSIO --- p.142
Minor Hypotheses --- p.144
Path Analyses --- p.147
Conclusion --- p.151
REFERENCES --- p.154
APPENDIX A Anxiety Rating Forms - Pilot Study --- p.162
APPENDIX B Interview Format - Pilot Study --- p.164
APPENDIX C Glossary of Terms --- p.165
APPENDIX D Main Study Questionnaires --- p.166
Cargill, Kima Leigh. "The influence of gender processes on jury deliberations." 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3108479.
Full textPhetla, Rabi Joseph. "An educational psychological perspective on partner roles in heterosexual marriages." Diss., 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15768.
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Bender, Kimberly. "Interrupting the cycle of violence : identifying gender-specific pathways from childhood maltreatment to juvenile delinquency in a national sample of youth involved in the child welfare system." 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/17747.
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Helfer, Kayla Meryl. "Sex-role identity, workplace stress and thriving in South African employees." Thesis, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10539/23851.
Full textThe present study aimed to explore levels of perceived stress and workplace thriving in a sample of 485 South African employees, within the framework of sex-role identity. A number of research to date has begun to explore the influence of sex-role identities on a number of different organisational outcomes; however few have explored both the positive and negative aspects of gendered personality traits and thus this study aimed to contribute to existing research through utilising a differentiated model of sex-role identity. Three self-report questionnaires were completed by participants, namely the EPAQ-R to assess sex-role identity, the Job Related Tension Index developed by Kahn et al. (1964) to establish levels of perceived stress and the thriving scale developed by Porath et al. (2012) was used to measure workplace thriving. The results of the study highlighted a number of statistically significant differences between sex-role identities and perceived stress and thriving respectively. A number of these results were in line with the proposed hypotheses; however, negative masculinity proved to be inconsistent with the proposed hypotheses as these individuals did not differ from the positive identities in terms of workplace stress. Furthermore, negative femininity did not experience statistically significant differences with the positive identities. The findings of the study provide support for a differentiated model of sex-role identity, as well as support for the Androgynous model of psychological well being. Practical and theoretical implications of this research are discussed in the study.
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Ramiyad, Devashnee. "Knowledge of, and attitudes toward abortion in a sample of secondary school learners : exploring gender and religious differences." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10648.
Full textThesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2011.
Zhang, Wei 1977 Nov 12. "How do education and religion affect the health and well-being of the very old in China?" Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3379.
Full textThristiawati, Safrina. "Socio-cultural dimension of gendered wellbeing of older persons in Lampung, Indonesia." Phd thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/156402.
Full textInyang, Bassey Augustine. "Gender mainstreaming as a strategy for poverty reduction in small-scale community fisheries: a case study of Nandoni Dam, Limpopo Province, South Africa." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/169.
Full textJohnson, Courtney Beth. "The roles of commitment and attributions on uninvolved partner responses to imagined sexual infidelity." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/4858.
Full textThis study examined the roles of commitment and attributions in uninvolved partner responses to imagined sexual infidelity. Undergraduate students (N = 298) in dating relationships participated in a hypothetical sexual infidelity scenario in which they imagined their romantic partner engaged in sexual intercourse with someone else. Measured-variable path analysis was used to evaluate the predictive ability of commitment and attributions on negative emotional responses and predicted relationship continuation. The hypothesized conceptual model demonstrated poor fit to sample data. Through exploratory model building, an alternative model was generated that demonstrated good fit to sample data. A subset of commitment, investment, predicted negative affect. In addition, attributions predicted predictions of relationship continuation. Negative emotional responses were highly endorsed on a validated measure for emotional responses, the PANAS-X (Watson & Clark, 1994). Further, study findings highlight the importance of the use of a compliance check in assessing successful participant completion of imagined infidelity scenario. Unique study contributions include directions for further conceptual model development for this area of research as well as support for the use of compliance checks and careful selection of infidelity scenario.
Melón, Laverne C. "Does binge drinking induce PMDD-like dysfunction for female C57BL/6J mice? : implications for sex differences in addiction vulnerability." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/6019.
Full textIt has traditionally been posited that women show a "telescoped" development of alcohol use disorders (Kuhn, 2011). In particular, a number of clinical studies support striking sex differences in the progression from initial use of alcohol to dependence on the compound; with women showing a faster progression through landmark events associated with the development of alcohol addiction (Randall et al., 1999). However, recent studies have challenged this tenet (Keyes et al., 2010). The work presented herein was designed to determine whether females are indeed more vulnerable to the development of behavioral maladaptations following binge drinking and whether sex differences in GABA(A) receptor regulation might underlie this vulnerability. Using a mouse model of binge drinking this dissertation established that, compared to males, females escalate their binge drinking at a faster rate and maintain altered responsivity to the locomotor effects of alcohol after extended abstinence from binge drinking. Female mice also displayed significant increases in ethanol preference and intake in a continuous, two-bottle choice protocol following a shorter history of binge drinking than males. The final goal was to determine if binge drinking results in unique patterns of anxiety- or depressive-like symptoms in males and females and whether these behaviors would be associated with the dimorphic regulation of GABAA receptor subunits across the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus. Male binge drinkers displayed anxiety-like behavior during early withdrawal that dissipated after 2 weeks of abstinence. There were no significant changes in the expression of delta or gamma2 GABAA receptor subunit mRNA at this time point in the regions analyzed. Females also showed temporary anxiety-like behavior during early withdrawal from binge drinking. Additionally, females displayed significant depressive-like behavior after 2 weeks of abstinence from binge drinking. In particular, diestrus-phase females displayed significantly greater immobility in the forced-swim test after ethanol exposure and no longer maintained the reduced swim-time behavior associated with this phase of the cycle at baseline (when compared to the estrus-phase). qPCR analysis of hippocampal tissues from diestrus females supported a significant reduction in expression of gamma2 GABA(A) subunit mRNA after binge drinking. This effect was not noted for RNA isolated from hippocampal tissues taken during the estrus phase of bingers. These final data suggest possible interaction of estrous-cycle and binge drinking history that may result in the unique expression of deficits following binge drinking for females. Taken together, this work supports sex and estrous dependent effects of binge drinking on behavior and gene regulation.
Seaton, Gina A. "Belonging Uncertainty and Psychological Capital: An Investigation of Antecedents of the Leaky Pipeline in STEM." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2889.
Full textWomen are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math fields (STEM), especially in higher levels. Researchers term this phenomenon "the leaky pipeline." While the issue is well-documented in the literature, little is known about its antecedents. The current study offers insight into factors that relate to career choice and contribute to the lack of diversity in STEM fields by investigating how sense of belonging and psychological capital (PsyCap) influence important psychological, academic, and career outcomes for women in these fields. Female undergraduate STEM majors were recruited for participation at two times during the fall academic semester (N=182 at time one, N=86 at time two) and data were analyzed using correlation and regression. Results provide support for the influence of both sense of belonging and PsyCap as important correlates of an individual's academic and career making decisions. Specifically, PsyCap mediated the relationship between belonging and well-being and belonging and career outcomes of engagement and participants' intentions to apply to graduate programs in an unrelated major. In addition, PsyCap moderated the relationship between sense of belonging and participants' intentions to switch majors and intentions to apply to graduate programs in a field unrelated to their current major. An increased understanding of the factors that contribute to the leaky pipeline in STEM will serve as a basis for developing further research questions and targeting interventions.
Wambugu, Jacob Ngunyi. "Race, gender and intelligence : a comparative study of Black, White and Indian students' lay theories of intelligence." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1896.
Full textThesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2006.
Tofts, Michelle S. "Discourses of love and money : exploring constructions of gender and romantic relationships." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9453.
Full textThesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2013.
"Inter-age cohort difference in the returns to education and the gender earning gap in Hong Kong." 1999. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5889836.
Full textThesis submitted in: September 1998.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-48).
Abstract also in Chinese.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.i
ABSTRACT --- p.ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii
LIST OF TABLES --- p.v
Chapter
Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1
Chapter II --- LITERATURE REVIEW --- p.5
Chapter 2.1 --- Different Approach to Estimate the Rate of Return to Education --- p.5
Chapter 2.2 --- Age-Cohort Analysis --- p.8
Chapter 2.3 --- Gender Earning Gaps and Decomposition of Wage Differentials --- p.9
Chapter III --- DATA DESCRIPTION --- p.13
Chapter 3.1 --- Data and Methodology --- p.13
Chapter 3.2 --- Education Attainment of Males and Females of Different Cohort --- p.15
Chapter 3.3 --- Monthly Earnings of Individual with Different Educational Level --- p.17
Chapter IV --- REGRESSION ANALYSIS FOR THE RETURNS TO EDUCATION AND THE GENDER EARNING GAPS IN HONG KONG --- p.18
Chapter 4.1 --- Determinants of Monthly Earnings and the Returns to Education --- p.18
Chapter 4.2 --- Returns to Education with respect to Marrage and Age Cohorts --- p.22
Chapter 4.3 --- The Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition --- p.23
Chapter V --- MULTINOMIAL LOGIT ANALYSIS FOR THE RETURNS TO EDUCATION AND THE GENDER EARNING GAPS IN HONG KONG --- p.28
Chapter 5.1 --- The Occupational Distribution --- p.28
Chapter 5.2 --- The Gender Earning Gap across Occupations --- p.31
Chapter 5.3 --- Multinomial Logit Model and the Effect of Educational Attainment --- p.32
Chapter 5.4 --- Prediction of a Nondiscriminatory Occupational Structure for Female --- p.35
Chapter 5.5 --- Occupational Segregation and the Brown et al. Decomposition Method --- p.36
Chapter VI --- POLICY IMPLICATIONS --- p.43
Chapter VII --- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS --- p.45
REFERENCES --- p.47
TABLES --- p.49