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Warrick, Rona Lee, and mikewood@deakin edu au. "Women's bodies, self-perception and physical acitivity: A naturalistic study of women's participation in aerobics classes." Deakin University. School of Education, 1988. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20050809.135244.

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The aim of this study was to describe the behaviour and perceptions of women in aerobic or exercise to music classes. In particular, the study examined the meaning women attach to this activity choice and the interaction of aerobics participation with cultural pressures and beliefs such as that of the ideal female bodyshape. A naturalistic method of study was chosen in order to gain a comprehensive view of the subjective experience of aerobics participation. Approximately fifty female health club members were observed over a three month period in order to identify and describe patterns of involvement, behaviour and perception and the factors affecting them. Six groups of women were identified. These were Naturals, Compulsive, Functional Feminist. Several factors were observed as potentially contributing to the patterns observed. These included attitude toward perceived cultural ideals and pressures of female expectation and shape, perceptions of aerobics and exercise, pre-occupation with slenderness and bodyshape, self-image and body image. The relationship between these factors was found to be dynamic and reciprocal, with participation possibly intensifying or alternately reducing bodyshape concern. Aerobics was seen to have a multifaceted yet very individual and important appeal to the women observed.

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Venegas, Maria Guadalupe. "Self-perceptions of women who kill." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1995. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1141.

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Wang, Meng. "The U.S. plus-size female consumer self-perception, clothing involvement, and the importance of store attributes /." Greensboro, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. http://libres.uncg.edu/edocs/etd/1449/umi-uncg-1449.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007.
Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 18, 2007). Directed by Barbara Dyer; submitted to the School of Human Environmental Sciences. Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-100).

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Lin-Roark, Isabella Hsiu-Chen. "Battered women's evaluations of their intimate partners as a possible mediating factor between abuse and self-concept." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2009/i_lin-roark_012209.pdf.

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Holly, Timothy M. "Stereotyping: Self-Perceived Masculinity in Men and Men's Perceptions of Femininity in Women." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1341838609.

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Kotarski, Joan Elizabeth. "The influence of the self-image on the behaviour of entrepreneurial women." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26860.

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The thesis deals with a group of modern Canadian women performing the visible social and economic role of entrepreneur. In general, males are dominant as entrepreneurs. However, the centre of this research is a case study of a female entrepreneur. It is augmented by interviews with other female entrepreneurs and the limited published research available about female entrepreneurs. It addresses the question: in what ways do self-images influence the behaviour of entrepreneurial women? Self-image is conceptualized as an essential component of ourselves, influenced by such themes as our culture, our sex-role socialization, and our environment. Self-image helps to shape our ability to act in society. Self-image can be manipulated and used as a strategy for the entrepreneurial role which is valued in our society. Entrepreneurial experts affirm that a positive self-image is important to entrepreneurial behaviour. Researchers have identified women as a group with a poor self-image, yet women are now becoming entrepreneurs at three times the rate of men. My thesis suggests that a number of factors related to self-image influence the behaviour of entrepreneurial women: 1) through the lack of relevant beliefs, values or images to incorporate into their self-images; 2) through the lack of appropriate beliefs, values or images to incorporate into their self-images; 3) through the presentation of conflicting beliefs, values or images; 4) and through the reinforcement of beliefs, values and images in particular social situations or contexts. The factors related to the self-images of those women who perform the entrepreneurial role suggest important cultural and social changes in the status of women generally. Following the conclusion, a discussion on the illusions that can be a part of women's self-images is included. I look at the illusion associated with images of women and the illusion of choice. I suggest that both these illusions can impact significantly on self-image and often with detrimental effects for women. My point is to make sure we are aware that the self-images do not always reflect objective reality.
Arts, Faculty of
Anthropology, Department of
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Lipka, Phillip. "Stereotype threat and women's perceptions of leadership self-efficacy." Connect to this title online, 2008. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1239805239/.

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Dusch, Daniel R. "Hispanic Women Business Executives' Self-Perceptions of Leadership Effectiveness." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/295.

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Hispanics will become the majority ethnic group in the U.S. by 2060. The social and business cultural changes affected by these demographics are inevitable and will require leadership from academic and business communities in order to ensure clear direction for the future. Gender research in managerial and professional positions mostly includes White women and typically excludes those of other racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. The research problem was that there is little known about the lived experiences of Hispanic women business executives. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the self-perceptions of leadership effectiveness of Hispanic women business executives. A conceptual lens informed by the concepts of intersectionality, bicultural competence, and emotional intelligence guided this study. Purposive sampling was used to obtain 12 participants for face-to-face interviews. Research questions focused on self-perceptions of leadership style, the ways they enact leadership, and their contributions to organizational effectiveness. Interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to analyze the data and member checking helped assure trustworthiness of interpretations. The findings revealed that the participants acquired effective leadership skills through their diverse contact with other people and cultures. The potential positive social change impact includes a contribution to existing literature by increasing scholars' and business-peoples' understanding of this group's lived experiences; creating more leadership opportunities for Hispanic women; identifying areas for self-development, thereby improving leadership and decision making; and clarifying expectations for young Hispanic women considering executive leadership as a career path.

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Ma, Yee-man Ellen. "Personal voices: self perceptions of Chinese women in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29688802.

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Jager, Eryn Nichole. "Self Perceptions of Aging: Women's Views of The Aging Process." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2014. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27597.

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Society has generally taught women in a rather subliminal way they should remain young, thin, and beautiful (Horton, Baker, Cote, & Deakin, 2008; Mock & Eibach, 2011; Stark- Wroblewski, Edelbaum, & Bello, 2008). As the number of older adults increase, the driving forces that determine self-perceptions of aging are essential. Using a hierarchical regression analysis, the current study examined self-perceptions of aging among older adult women. For the study, 102 females (age 60 and older) in the Red River Valley area completed a survey on selfperceptions of aging. Sense of mastery was significantly related to negative self-perceptions of aging. The findings demonstrate that one?s self-worth and ability to do things without needing help may play an important role in how an aging woman feels about herself and her own aging process.

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West, Shelia F. "Body image and self perception among African American women aged 18-30." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15053.

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Department of Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design
Melody LeHew
The purpose of this study was to explore how African American women think and feel about their bodies. Specifically, this study examined how Black women define beauty by means of variables such as body shape, skin complexion, and hair texture; whether African American women ages 18-30 compared themselves to media images; and if so, did comparison to these media images impact African American women’s body satisfaction. In addition, this study explored if African American women felt pressure to adopt beauty standards attributed to the dominant culture, as well as the role of racial identity in forming beauty standards and social comparison behavior. Twelve African American women were interviewed and findings of this exploratory research illustrated that the Black community has different standards than the traditional beauty standards of the U.S. Even though interviewees articulated standards of beauty for women in the Black community, there was a lack of uniformity in how these women felt about their own attractiveness: some identified with the Black beauty standards, while others did not. In addition, opinions varied regarding Black women’s engagement in social comparison behavior and whether it was related to racial identity or body satisfaction. Limitations of study included: how Black women define social comparison behavior and racial identity, self-identification of participants, and the lack of Caucasian women included in this study. However, this research still provided rich data exploring Black women’s perceptions of beauty among other issues within the Black community. Future research is required to better understand influences shaping standards of beauty within this subculture of the United States and recommendations are provided in the last chapter.

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Ali, Fatimah Binta. "Body Weight Self-Perceptions and Experiences of Nigerian Women Immigrants." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6962.

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Low-income immigrants in the United States experience declining health with increasing length of stay in the country. Their declining health over time has been associated with increased smoking, obesity prevalence, and higher risk for developing diabetes and heart disease. How immigrants perceive their body weight and size, influenced by social interaction, culture, gender, and acculturation is also significant to healthy weight maintenance. Not knowing one's healthy weight could result in body weight misperception and resistance to attaining a healthy weight. The aim of this qualitative study, based on the social constructivist framework, was to understand Nigerian women immigrants' (NWI's) body weight self-perceptions (BWSPs), their experiences with weight changes after immigration, and what it meant to them within their historical, immigration, and cultural contexts. Data were collected from audio recorded interviews of 8 purposefully selected NWIs living in Middle Tennessee. After a process of content analysis of transcribed interviews using NVivo, participants' BWSPs were described and interpreted using hermeneutic phenomenology. The key findings of this research were that participants perceived themselves overweight compared to when they had just immigrated to the United States; believed that age, marriage, change in environment and food contributed to their weight gain; and were not accepting of their weight gain, which led them to eating healthier and moving more in order to lose weight. Findings from this research have social change implications for reducing health disparities by disseminating timely health information accessible to immigrants to educate them about nutrition and physical activity behaviors for healthy weight maintenance.

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Wrangham, Jennifer. "Self-objectification and its clinical correlates among women." Virtual Press, 2000. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1178358.

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Women continue to be objectified by our society and this objectification is often internalized by women and can result in negative psychological consequences such as eating disorders and depression. One postulate of the self-objectification theory is that self-objectification can lead to a lack of internal awareness and this lack of internal awareness may mediate the relationship between self-objectification and mental health problems in women. To test this postulate, undergraduate women completed a number of self-report instruments measuring self-objectification, internal awareness, maladaptive eating behaviors, and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that internal awareness does not mediate the relationship between self-objectification and maladaptive eating behaviors or depression. However, both self-objectification and a lack of internal awareness independently explaine a significant amount of variance for the mental health variables measured. The relevance and implications of these results are discussed and future areas of research recommended.
Department of Psychological Science

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Anderson, MerriLee. "Correlates of Body Image in University Women." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332642/.

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The relationship between maturation rate, body image, depression and eating disorder tendencies was explored in a group of 251 college-age females in order to better understand the developmental progression of body image and related variables. Two aspects of body image were measured, namely, level of body satisfaction and amount of body distortion. Body dissatisfaction was found to be associated with early maturation, depression, and eating disorder tendencies. Body distortion was not found to be associated with any of the primary variables. The significant relationship which was found between maturation rate and level of body satisfaction in young adult females suggests that pubertal timing may have lasting effects on the body satisfaction of women. Body satisfaction and depression were found to contribute significantly to the variance in eating disorder tendency.

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Petersson, Khaliah. "Exercise, self-perceptions and mood during pregnancy." University of Western Australia. School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0049.

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The general purpose of this research was to investigate physical activity levels as a correlate of selected aspects of psychological health among pregnant women. Specifically, the aims of the study were (1) to provide a cross-sectional description of changes in physical self-concept, mood, and perceived stress during pregnancy; (2) to evaluate physical activity patterns of pregnant women over time during pregnancy; and (3) to determine if there is a difference between physical activity and physical self-concept, mood, perceived stress and/or burnout symptoms during pregnancy. Participants were pregnant women from various antenatal clinics at King Edward Memorial Hospital. The women completed a questionnaire package containing questions on physical activity levels and measures of physical self-concept, social physique anxiety, perceived stress, mood and burnout symptoms. A series of ANOVAs was used to provide a descriptive profile of how these psychological variables change during the course of pregnancy. Significant time-related differences were found for the perceived health subscale of the PSDQ and the tension subscale for the BRUMS. Findings also suggested a significant association between physical activity, and physical self-perceptions, most importantly self-esteem. Higher levels of physical activity were also found to be closely related to positive mood states, lower levels of perceived stress and fewer burnout symptoms. No significant association was found between physical activity and social physique anxiety.

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Crystal, Lee. "Changes in the self-concept of women attending a new-horizons course." Thesis, Brunel University, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.278372.

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Baldwin, Carol L. (Carol Louise). "Self-Complexity and Physiological Responses to Facial Self-Reflection: An Investigation into Women's Self-Image." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278327/.

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In this study, effects of facial self-reflection and complexity of self on physiological responses were investigated. Skin conductance levels were measured during baseline and neutral conditions, then under a self-focusing condition provided by mirror reflection of the face. Subjects completed measures of self-complexity, depressive affect, self-esteem, anxiety and body image satisfaction. Eye tracking data was collected during the mirror condition. Results showed a significant effect of mirror self-reflection on physiological reactivity as measured by differences between mirror and baseline mean responses. Pre-test depressive affect was correlated with low self-esteem but not with self-complexity. Self-complexity was negatively correlated with orientation to physical appearance and positively correlated with greater differences between baseline and mirror mean reactivity. Self-complexity and depressive affect did not significantly predict physiological reactivity, although a trend was found for the influence of each variable. Post-hoc analyses showed significant group differences for both self-complexity and depressive affect on physiological reactivity, although the influence of self-complexity was in the unexpected direction. Results of this study are consistent with general findings that negative self-esteem, anxiety and depression are strongly correlated. In addition, a strong correlation was found between negative self-esteem and dissociative symptoms. Exploratory analyses of eye tracking data found no significant relations among personality variables and percent of time looking at facial image, although some trends were found. Trends for a relation of self-complexity with time looking at facial image, negative evaluation of appearance in the mirror, and less focus on physical appearance suggest a component in the domain of self-complexity related to physical appearance. Clearly, self-complexity has a number of interrelated dimensions and remains a challenging area of study. In addition, the combination of eye tracking and physiological measurement is a relatively new area of study that shows promise for continued investigation.

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Parker, Sandra. "Conceptions of friendship: how women and men perceive themselves and others in the context of their friendships." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28965.

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This study examined the ways in which women and men view themselves and their women and men friends, in the context of their friendships. Ninety-five female and 95 male undergraduates completed the Friendship Questionnaire, in which they rated each of their closest friends, and rated themselves with each of those friends, on 13 dimensions of friendship. Test-retest procedures demonstrated the measure had satisfactory reliability. The general results are reflected in three patterns of friendship: 1) relationships with men friends tend to be less reciprocal than relationships with women friends in self disclosure, empathic understanding, deepening other's self awareness, and responsibility; 2) men's same-sex relationships tend to be lower in appreciation, empathic understanding, deepening other's self awareness, responsibility, and empowerment; and 3) women tend to report that they give more than they receive in friendships with women and men, on empathic understanding, self disclosure, and connectedness. The results of this study support the notion that although there is more commonality than difference in women's and men's friendships, many significant differences do exist. Further, this methodology illustrates the importance of studying people's conceptions of themselves and their friendships within the context of their specific real-life relationships.
Arts, Faculty of
Psychology, Department of
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Shah, Yashna Jitendra. "The Impact of Role Model Similarity on Women's Leadership Outcomes." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78144.

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Role models can serve as a means to counteract the prevalent 'Think Leader, Think Male' stereotype. This study was designed to assess the impact of role model similarity on women's leadership self-efficacy, task performance and future leadership behavior, using two conceptualizations of similarity – match with leadership self-concept and attainability of the role model. Additionally, the process by which one's self-perceptions of leadership impact judgments of one's own behavior was also investigated. Participants were presented with a role model vignette in a laboratory setting, following which they complete a leadership task. Results indicated that there were no significant effects of the interaction of the two role model manipulations of various leadership outcomes. However, match of role model with one's self-concept did impact one's leadership self-efficacy. Results also indicated that agentic leader prototypes partially mediated the relation between individuals' self-concept and self-judgments, such that participants whose self-concept matched the role model activated the agentic leader prototype. Overall findings suggest that match with one's self concept plays an important role in role models being perceived as similar to the self, which can have important implications for women's leadership development.
Master of Science

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Pilver, Lindsey M. "An exploratory study into the construction of 'self' in college-age female athletes." Connect to this title, 2008. http://scholarworks.umass.edu/theses/134/.

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Nutthawutthisit, Theeranart May. "The comparisons of appearance management, body satisfaction and buying behaviors between Asian national and Asian American female students." Online version, 2003. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2003/2003nutthawutthisitt.pdf.

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Harris, Joy Elise. "The impact of gender socialization on women's learned technological helplessness and its andragogical implications." Diss., St. Louis, Mo. : University of Missouri--St. Louis, 2008. http://etd.umsl.edu/r3261.

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Martins-Crane, Lolin. "The Self-Managed Work Team Environment: Perceptions of Men and Women." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500806/.

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The present study empirically examined working behaviors of men and women within a self-managed working environment. Three models of women and work were studied. Results indicated women exhibited higher levels of job meaning and continuance commitment. The more self-managed production team exhibited higher levels of growth need strength, support from co-workers, continuance commitment, task significance and lower levels of role conflicts. Support teams exhibited higher levels of autonomy and satisfaction with pay. Path analysis, testing a model based on Astin's sociopsychological model indicated direct effects from expectancy to general satisfaction, from gender to expectancy, and task significance to gender. An alternative model showed direct effects between general satisfaction and expectancy, satisfaction with pay, task significance and expectancies, and between satisfaction with pay and teams.

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McCharles, Beth L. "Female varsity athletes' perception of how coaches influence their self-confidence." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26520.

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Communities and athletes see coaches generally as leaders, mentors, and role models in sport. Recent research in the field of coaching revealed that coaches must have the ability to encourage, challenge, and understand the athlete (Bloom, 2002b). Further research indicates that females are known to be psychologically and physically different than males (Fasting & Pfister, 2000); therefore, most females need to be coached differently than men during practice and competition. The notion of self-confidence is an essential element in Vealey's (1986) Sport Confidence Model, in which it is defined as: "the belief or degree of certainty individuals possess about their abilities to be successful in sport" (p. 222). The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand female varsity athlete's perception of how coaches influence their self-confidence. The study used twelve participants (N = 12) among Canadian Interuniversity Sport teams: basketball (3), soccer (3), hockey (2), rugby (2), and volleyball (2). Semi-structured interviews were conducted regarding athletes perception of (a) athlete's perception of self-confidence, (b) different coaching qualities that may positively or negatively influence athletes self-confidence, and (c) athletes perception of an 'ideal' coach that positively influences their self-confidence. The results displayed a combined definition of all 12 athlete's perception of self-confidence, which is "one who believes in herself, has inner strength (while not worrying about others beliefs), and stays positive throughout their sport and life." Secondly the results found four main qualities that athletes perceive essential for a coach to positively influence their self-confidence. Finally, the results revealed 12 predominant coaching characteristics that athletes perceive essential for positively influence their self-confidence. An 'ideal coach' would display these characteristics.

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Mack, Diane (Diane Elizabeth) Carleton University Dissertation Psychology. "The effects of personal knowledge and mental imagery on the skating performance of female figure skaters." Ottawa, 1992.

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Lee, Kia. "The beauty perceptions of Hmong American college women." Online version, 2009. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2009/2009leek.pdf.

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Woods, Lance Gregory 1945. "Sex-role attributes, self-perception and predisposition to depression in early adolescence." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288838.

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This study investigated the relationship of sex-role attributes, self-perception, and predisposition to depression in early adolescence. 235 students from middle schools in Dade County, Florida were asked to complete three instruments; the Personal Attributes Questionnaire, the Perceived Competence Scale, and the Children's Depression Inventory. The study was designed to determine the effects of sex-role attributes on self-perception and predisposition to depression in early adolescence. More specifically, the study asked whether instrumental attributes were implicated in higher levels of perceived competence and lower depressive symptomatology while the reverse was true for those with expressive attributes. The results of the study confirmed that instrumentality and perceived competence appear to inoculate against depression. Instrumentality for the entire sample was, in fact, significantly correlated with higher overall perceived competence and significantly inversely correlated with depressive symptomatology. Contrary to the initial hypotheses, however, expressive traits were also positively correlated with higher perceived competence and lower levels of depressive symptomatology in the entire sample. Within the sample, though, those designated as expressive individuals did report a positive but nonsignificant relationship between expressive traits and increased depression measures. Instrumental males and androgynous females reported the lowest percentages of elevated depression scores while undifferentiated males and females reported the highest percentage. While both perceived competence and instrumental attributes were found to have a significant inverse relationship with depression, the hypothesis that instrumental traits mediated the relationship between perceived competence and depression was not borne out with both perceived competence and instrumentality maintaining significant contributions to overall levels of depressive symptoms. The same was not true for expressive attributes as they related to the mediation of perceived competence and depression. When both perceived competence and expressivity were considered expressivity failed to maintain a significant relationship with levels of depressive symptoms. The study also reflected sex role attributes as coping styles similar to problem focused and emotion focused approaches and also suggested an awareness that a coping style other than the individual's predominant style seemed to exist.

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Pienaar, Kiran Merle. "A critical analysis of oppositional discourses of the ideal female body in women's conversations." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002641.

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Socialisation agents such as the popular media and same age female peers construct and reproduce notions of what is physically ideal, feminine and beautiful in a woman (Hesse-Biber 1996). My interest lies in how a group of young women reproduce, contest and possibly transform such notions in conversations with their same age female friends. The study aims to answer the following question: What ideologies are reflected and perpetuated in the discourses associated with the ideal female body? Since notions of what is ideal and beautiful are indeterminate and in perpetual flux, I focus in particular on areas of contradiction and contestation in the body talk conversations. As such, the analysis examines three extracts in which the young women draw on oppositional discourses to construct notions of female beauty. I believe that these extracts represent discursive struggles in relation to the dominant Western ideal of the slim, toned female body, an ideal which more closely resembles a newly pubescent girl's body than the curvaceous, shapely body of an adult woman (Bartky 2003; Grogan 1998). My analysis is based on conversational data collected from sixteen, white adolescent English-speaking women between the ages of fourteen and eighteen who attend a boarding school in Grahamstown. I elicited the body talk data using three stimulus exercises designed to encourage discussion on topics such as the overweight female body, dieting and the ideal body. I selected three extracts from the recorded conversations and used the methodological framework of Critical Discourse Analysis to analyse the data. This framework proposes three interdependent stages of analysis: 1) the Description of the formal features of the text, 2) the Interpretation of the text in terms of the participants' background assumptions, the situational context and the intertextual context and 3) an Explanation of the text in light of the sociocultural context and the text's contribution to the reproduction or transformation of the status quo. Since I was present during the conversational recordings and contributed to the discussions, part of the interpretation stage of analysis critically evaluates how the asymmetrical power relations between myself and the participants influenced the conversations. In this regard, my findings attest to my coercive role in promoting conservative, reactionary discourses which sustain the dominance of traditional ideologies of female beauty and which stifle oppositional ideologies. My interpretation of the extracts also reveals that, in their discussions of topics such as excess weight, female ageing and cosmetic surgery, the young women negotiate alternative conceptions of what constitutes the ideal female body. However, the articulation of an alternative beauty ideal, one which values women of different body sizes and ages is not sustained in the extracts. By discussing the relationship between these alternative constructions and dominant norms of beauty, I show how the prevailing ideal of the youthful, slim, toned female body wins out in the conversations. The interpretation of the extracts also reveals the participants' preoccupation with the pursuit of health and well¬being. In this respect, the young women construct the ideal body as not only slim and youthful, but also healthy. In my explanation of the extracts, I explore the sociocultural factors which have contributed to the rise of the health ethic. In concluding, I argue that the valorisation of the healthy body in the conversations, far from challenging the imperative to be thin, actually reinforces it by constructing dieting as a necessary adjunct to the pursuit of health. From this perspective, the preoccupation with attaining the ideal thin, toned body can be justified in terms of a desire to be healthy.

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Maples-Wallace, Rajah. "Media's effects on African-American women's self-body image /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1418050.

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Leung, Shuet Yan. "Impacts of self-discrepancy and media exposure on body image perception among females : an integrated cognitive processing approach." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2012. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1397.

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Clancy, Sara Elysia. "The effects of yoga on body dissatisfaction, self-objectification, and mindfulness of the body in college women." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2010. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Summer2010/S_Clancy_050710.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, August 2010.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 29, 2010). "Department of Education Leadership and Counseling Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-100).

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Perry, Lisa Ann. "Clothing satisfaction and self-concept of older women." Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/104536.

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O'Neill, Susan. "Self-perceptions and well-being of women exercisers : a grounded theory approach." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.602782.

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This thesis examines the relationship between exercise and well-being of women exercisers. There is conclusive evidence that regular exercise protects against many somatic complaints, as well as being effective in improving many mental health conditions, especially among clinical populations. Although there is a wealth of research investigating the' relationship between exercise and subjective well-being, the primary mechanisms underlying this relationship is still not fully understood. Much psychology research has focused only on the biological mechanisms of the health effects of exercise, to the exclusion of why or why not people exercised, and how it affected them. It was clear that understanding the meaning of participants' experiences with exercise and how they perceived it influenced subjective well-being had not been investigated. This research used a grounded theory methodology in an attempt to understand the meaning given to this experience. The findings revealed a complex, psychosocial process beginning prior to exercise participation. Deconstructing physical activity from individual, social, and historical perspectives appear to place the exercise/subjective well-being phenomenon not in the realm of the biological person, but as a social construction, linked to the influence of gender roles. The findings show that the exercise well-being relationship appears to be the result of the cognitive appraisals attached to it, that self-prescribing of the exercise components is more conducive to creating wellbeing, and comparison processes are crucial in understanding the exercise/wellbeing relationship. The primary message emerging from the project is that exercise should be about ' feeling good about the self. For this to be achieved, beliefs and attitudes need to be reconstructed both at a societal and individual level. Expanding the meanings around physical activity may potentially provide more choice for women (and others). In addition, exercise needs to move towards a preference-based model of exercise participation, incorporating preference-based social and temporal comparisons.

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Mclendon, Angela. "An Analysis of the Self-Perceptions of Women Leaders in Higher Education." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7545.

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The purpose of this study was to (a) investigate perceptions of women administrators in higher education as they relate to their positions and (b) learn more about women’s perceptions as they relate to gender in leadership in higher education. and (c) determine where we need to go from here in terms of improvement. Investigating these issues in the 21st century will give us a current temperature and a snapshot of where we are and where we need to go from here as it relates to women leaders in higher education. The focus of this study was women who are administrators in higher education. The study participants encompass middle management administrators in higher education. This study used a questionnaire designed and utilized by Gloria Appelt Slick and Dr. Sandra Lee Gupton when they conducted their research in 1993 on women leaders in K-12 education. The following research questions served as a guide to this inquiry: • Research Question 1 (RQ1): What are the perceptions of the participants in regard to the impact of gender in higher education leadership? • Research Question 2 (RQ2): What are the self-perceptions of the participants regarding their own career development as it relates to their position as a woman administrator? • Research Question 3 (RQ3): What are the self-perceptions of the participants compared to their female and male counterparts related to given leadership characteristics? In this study, a quantitative research design was used. Descriptive statistics were utilized for configuring and describing sets of data that have been collected from the participants in the study. Finally, content analysis was used to analyze the final two questions that are more open ended in nature. Overall, the participants expressed a level of comfort and success in their leadership positions in higher education administration. The majority also said that if they had the chance they would “do it all over again.” While a level of comfort is there, there were other issues that surfaced in this study that potentially need to be addressed to further the leadership success for women in higher education.

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Lee, Fung-shan, and 李鳳珊. "Body and self in women with systemic Lupus Erythematosus." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31250865.

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Olson, Jenny G. "The effect of young women's sexual self-schemas on emotional responses to sexualized female imagery in magazine advertising." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/433.

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Valerio, Paola. "me, and Self Esteem : Perception of Self and Others in Groups for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse." Thesis, University of Kent, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.499676.

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Graham-Williams, Angela Elaine. "Compassionate encouragement discipline technique for teaching classical ballet and its impact on the self-esteem, self-perception, and spirituality of adolescent girls." Thesis, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618754.

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The following study sought to explore transformative changes in self-esteem, self-perception of dance ability, and expressions of spirituality that may occur when adolescent girls not only participate in classical ballet classes, but also learn in a teaching model emphasizing compassion encouragement discipline technique. This study performed a pre and posttest using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES), the dance subscale of Vispoel's Arts Self-Perception Inventory (ASPI), and MacDonald's short version of the Expressions of Spirituality Inventory (ESI) on 27 adolescent girls ages 14 through 19 randomly divided into 2 even groups, comparison and experimental, who participated in a 5-week classical ballet course. Both groups were taught by the researcher. The comparison group was taught in a traditional dance instructor style paying most attention to the execution of the participants' steps and dance combination performance rather than any internal changes. The experimental group received the researcher-developed Compassion Encouragement Discipline Technique. Results of the pre and posttests of each of the inventories were compared and analyzed via an analysis of variance and discussed to explore the efficacy of this pedagogical style. Quantitative results indicated no statistical significance on standardized assessments measuring their self-esteem, arts (dance) self-perception, or expressions of spirituality. However, researcher observed differences in the comparison and experimental group were noted and discussed. Because transpersonal psychology allows for emotional transformation, this study contributes to furthering transpersonal literature by acknowledging the potential impact of student/teacher rapport in the compassion and empowerment-based teaching of classical ballet to adolescent girls.

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Lynch, Megan S. "An exploration of the relationship between personal ideal(s) of female beauty, self perception(s) of female beauty, and self esteem in women a project based upon an independent investigation /." Click here for text online. Smith College School for Social Work website, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10090/995.

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Thesis (M.S.W.)--Smith College School for Social Work, Northampton, Mass., 2007
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Social Work. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-67).

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Meeker, Carolyn. "Negotiating Self: An Exploration of Women's Perceptions of Their Feminist and Submissive Identities." FIU Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3690.

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As women navigate the intersecting meanings of feminism and submission, some struggle to reconcile their feminist politics and submissive practice (i.e., belief in equality and desire to yield authority). Bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism (BDSM) has been examined through diverse feminist lenses, including radical feminism, postcolonial world-travelling, and a sex-critical approach. However, scant empirical research focuses on the intersection of feminist and submissive identities. The purpose of this collected papers dissertation was to better understand the identity navigation of women in the BDSM community who identify as feminist and submissive. Two studies were conducted to explore this gap. Study #1, a structured literature review of BDSM, examined how feminism and submission are discussed related to women who are feminist and submissive. Data were collected through a library database search, Google Scholar, reference scans, and Google Scholar Cited by. Important segments of data were identified and analyzed. Four themes emerged: feminism in the context of BDSM, normalization of BDSM, navigating identities, and power as transgressive. Implications focus on three areas: the importance of consent, transgression, and diversity; helping women understand and navigate identities; and reducing stigma through education. Study #2, a phenomenological study, explored how 23 women in the BDSM community perceive and navigate their feminist and submissive identities. Data were collected through interviews. Inductive analysis revealed six themes: feminist identity as distinct from feminist values, the complexity of submissive identity, women learn to accept their submissive identity in different ways, BDSM community perceived as generally accepting of feminist identity, feminist community perceived as not very accepting of submissive identity, and being out as feminist and as submissive. Implications focus on four areas: exploring how women challenge oppressions; understanding how women understand and negotiate consent; learning about how individuals learn about, develop, and engage in BDSM D/s relationships; and examining how college women experience these identities, feminism, submission, consent, and abuse while they develop as individuals. The findings can apply to counseling, feminism, sex education, higher education, adult education, and human resource development through incorporation into curriculum, training, and policies. Research and practice can be enhanced through exploring how consent is understood, operationalized, and violated; broadening discussions about identity development; and increasing awareness of how adults learn.

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Darden, Tekeilla. "African American Women's Perceptions of Self-Value in the Transition to Natural Hair." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6317.

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Scholars have reported on the upsurge of African American women wearing their kinky, or natural, hair and the issues surrounding their choices. The wearing of natural African American hair has not been fully accepted in mainstream society. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore how African American women understand self-value in the process of wearing their natural hair. The ethnic and racial identity model, critical race theory, and the strong Black woman collection were the conceptual frameworks used to connect identity, race and racism, and a collective vulnerability to the African American woman's hair journey. The study included 9 women who identified as being African American and as having transitioned to wearing their natural hair. The study was an integrative phenomenological analysis using in-depth interviews to explore subjective experiences to garner information about how African American women perceive self-value during, or after, transitioning to wearing natural hair. Data were coded with the participant's own words to formulate themes. According to study findings, participants experienced a succession of expanded self-values that began with values of self-awareness into values of self-love, values of self-confidence, and values of community. Psychologists could benefit from addressing the value of hair to African American women when considering cultural implications and formulating case conceptualization. These discussions address the acceptance of the natural traits to include hair of African American women and add a positive narrative with the goals of creating positive social change.

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White, Jennifer H. "Understanding married women's suicidal behaviour : counsellors' perceptions of self-concept and marital dynamics." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31221.

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Counsellors' perceptions of married suicidal women were investigated through a qualitative analysis of counsellors' clinical records and follow-up interviews. Four suicide intervention counsellors, ranging in age from 29 to 52, who collectively had 24 years of experience at a suicide intervention counselling agency were the subjects in this study. The experiences of their clients - three suicidal women and one husband of a suicidal woman - provided the material for the analysis of counsellors' clinical reports and follow-up interviews with the investigator. The suicidal women ranged in age from 20 to 41 and the husband was 34 years old. Analysis consisted of three concurent activities: data reduction, data display, and drawing/verifying conclusions. The clients, including one husband were found to suffer from negative self-concepts, previous suicide attempts, depression, and yet they indicated a willingness to get help. According to counsellors, the three wives could be characterized as "overfunctioning", fearful of spouses, prone to minimizing abuse, and committed to the relationships "at any cost." Counsellors found that husbands of the suicidal women tended to abuse alcohol and had explosive tempers. The marital relationships were characterized by intimacy problems, communication problems, and dependency. The families of the clients were found to be plagued by alcoholism, abuse, and mental illness. Counselling approaches included personal empowerment of client, educating about abuse, use of outside resources, making links with the past, and coaching on certain skills. The findings were meaningful as they offered a preliminary framework for understanding married women's suicidal behaviour by acknowledging the social, historical, familial, marital and intrapersonal levels of influence.
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Lewis-Keith, Sharon. "Demographic Differences, Self-esteem and Sexual Assertiveness among Black Women." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5495.

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There is a high HIV prevalence rate for Black women in Virginia; however, few scholars have examined how sexual assertiveness and self-esteem against HIV vary within this group. Black women who have low levels of self-esteem may increase their risk for HIV. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to determine if four aspects of sexual assertiveness (sexual initiation, sexual refusal, HIV/AIDS/STD communication, and contraception/STD prevention) differed across demographic categories and were associated with self-esteem in a diversified group of Black women living in Virginia. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with a community-based sample of 117 adult Black women. The social cognitive theory was the framework that guided this study. ANOVAs were used to determine differences in means of the four sexual assertiveness subscales across the demographic categories (age, sexual orientation, income, education, and relationship status. HIV, AIDS, and sexual transmitted disease communication assertiveness mean scores were significantly higher among higher income Black women (padj=.016) and Black women with a college versus a high school degree (padj=.047). Moreover, Pearson bivariate correlation results showed self-esteem was significantly positively associated with all but one measure (sexual initiation) of sexual assertiveness. Health educators can use the findings of this study to create education initiatives that focus on building self-esteem and sexual assertiveness behaviors among Black women as an HIV/AIDS prevention method.

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Gabr, Hala A. "Women Self Actualization: A narrative of a performative gender constitution." VCU Scholars Compass, 2017. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4903.

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In a traditional Middle Eastern society, men and women have been confined within society’s gender definitions. Those imposed social constructs condition men differently from women by dictating expected behaviors, establishing a hierarchy of gender positioning and enforcing definitions that limit abilities and potential. Based on postmodernist philosopher, feminist and social theorist, Simone de Beauvoir and postmodernist American philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler, gender is not an inborn role, but rather created through stylized repetition of acts informed by society, named performative acts. For de Beauvoir and Butler, gender can never be a stable identity (Butler 1988). Informed by Butler’s phenomenological nature of gender constitution, this research explores the possibility of empowering Arab women in the workplace. Via an online platform called Kooni, the design aims to help women rethink the nature of gender and gender roles in the workplace and introduces the concept of performative acts as a role playing mechanism to induce change.

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Brunner, Lauren M. "Sport and gender roles : a viewpoint from Liberian adolescent girls in Ghana /." Click here to view full text, 2007.

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Harvey, Jacquetta. "My Beautiful." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2905.

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In creating my work I use bold, bright colors and fundamental shapes and patterns. My images reflect how I view the world and genuinely express my imagination, feelings, and thinking. Working this way allows me to apply a symbolic face to personal concerns, beliefs, fears, ideologies, and philosophies. I see a world where life and art blend to create images of triumph and tragedy, joy and pain, or growth and change. My ideas have grown from the desire to understand myself as a woman, as a Christian, and as a unique individual. Dealing with personal questions, I explore the varying relationships between popular culture and self-perception. Another source for my work are philosophical themes, along with political and social commentary. I want my messages to not only touch the heart and soul of people but convey a message that they will remember.

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Hu, Fan. "It depends on how you focus on the self : effects of attractive models in advertising." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2012. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1469.

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Velasco, Enid Aida. "Discrepancies in social workers' self-perception in theoretical and treatment approaches to depressed late middle-age women." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1325.

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Jacobs, M. Joy. "Temperament patterns in families of individuals with anorexia nervosa /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2006. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3208601.

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Hedrick, Molly Ann. "Self, other and the sociopolitical in politically active women survivors of domestic violence /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2006. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3248230.

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