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Young, E. R.; Parish, T. S. – 1972
This study was carried out with a group of 98 female volunteers. The control group consisted of 27 who had not lost their fathers; the experimental group consisted of 71 who had lost their fathers due to death or divorce. All subjects were administered two checklists to measure personal adjustment and security. Results revealed that fatherless…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, College Students, Divorce
Bowker, Lee H. – 1978
Results are reported of a study to determine whether sexism is an outgrowth of racism, using the variables of social class, general conservatism, and economic traditionalism. The sample consisted of 522 students (47% female, 53% male) in small liberal arts college. Participants were administered questionnaires by trained interviewers and data were…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Females, Majority Attitudes, Males
Anderson, Kim; And Others – 1978
The effect of gender on retirement attitudes among college faculty and other university professionals were studied, and variables that might affect attitudes toward retirement were investigated. A 35-item questionnaire was mailed to all faculty and nonteaching professionals at a university center, a four-year college, and a community college of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Females, Higher Education, Males

Anthrop, Joseph; Allison, Maria T. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1983
A study of female high school students sought to measure role conflict among females participating in traditionally approved sports--swimming, golf, gymnastics, and tennis--and those involved in sports such as basketball and track. The females gave little evidence of internal role conflict but had experienced external sources of conflict.…
Descriptors: Athletes, Females, High School Students, High Schools

Eko, Milverton J.; Brown, Walter C. – Journal of Studies in Technical Careers, 1981
This survey of women in traditional and nontraditional studies shows that (1) sex stereotyping is still prevalent; (2) attitudinal barriers and "hidden curricula" discourage women from pursuing certain careers; and (3) mothers and female role models have the most influence on women's choice of nontraditional careers. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Females, Negative Attitudes, Nontraditional Occupations

Kitson, Gay C.; Sussman, Marvin B. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1982
Explored patterns of marital complaints in a sample of 209 divorcing men and women. Used two codes of complaints. Results indicated that marital complaints varied over time and by sex, education, social class, length of marriage, and income. Some complaints were correlated with symptoms of mental health disturbance. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Divorce

Brenner, David; Hinsdale, Gary – Adolescence, 1978
Body build stereotypes of average-weight and heavy females, ages 6, 15, and 19, were studied through adjective checklists and drawings of endomorphs, ectomorphs, and mesomorphs. Mesomorph drawings were favored and the endomorphs least liked. But heavy subjects rejected for themselves behavioral stereotypes previously applied to the endomorph…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Image, Body Weight, Females
Sagebiel, F.; Dahmen, J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
The paper describes elements of engineering organizational cultures and structures in higher engineering education from the European project WomEng. Hypotheses, based on state of the art, refer to: women friendly presentation, attractiveness of interdisciplinary teaching methods, single sex education, perceptions of minority status, feelings of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Single Sex Schools, Females, Negative Attitudes
Skerrett, Allison – Studying Teacher Education, 2006
In this paper I examine how and to what extent various elements of my biography--race, ethnicity, gender, age, social class background, and prior personal and professional experiences--influenced my relationships with students in a graduate course examining the impact of race, gender, and social class on education. My lived experiences as an…
Descriptors: Biographies, Immigrants, Ethnicity, Females
Larsen, John L.; Juhasz, Anne McCreary – 1979
Parenting, always a complex and difficult task, is even more difficult for teenage parents who are generally less able financially, emotionally, and cognitively than adults to nurture and care for their children. The relationship between the combined effect of knowledge of child development and level of social-emotional maturity, and the extent to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Attitudes, Child Development

Schneider, Stanley – Adolescence, 1982
Addresses the issue of pregnancy in adolescent girls from a psychiatric viewpoint. Explores why adolescent girls become pregnant; how pregnancy affects the adolescent's emotional process; pregnant adolescents becoming emotional/physical "at-risk" cases; and which factors affect the birth-delivery process. Discusses how sex education can help…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Emotional Adjustment, Females

Thomas, Hollie B. – Journal of Vocational Education Research, 1980
Identifies personal-social factors women perceive as being those that prevent them from entering occupations usually held by men. Factors included conceptions of male-dominated work environments, self-concept, stereotyped views held by family, attitudes of friends, security in traditional jobs, fear of failure, and money training. (CT)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Factor Analysis, Failure, Family Influence
Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1996
Examines causes of female negativity towards technology and presents ways to improve female attitudes and increase involvement in technology education. Discusses the bridging of the gender gap to allow females and males to achieve equality in technology fields. Describes online resources, television programs, and groups that promote female…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Improvement, Equal Education

Siegel, Judith M. – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
Examined the temporal association between body image and depressive symptoms in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and white adolescents. Found that girls were more influenced by body image change than boys. Compared to other ethnic groups, African American girls experienced a greater increase in psychological distress as body…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Asian Americans, Blacks
Sim, Leslie; Zeman, Janice – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2006
To understand whether difficulties in emotional functioning distinguish between body dissatisfaction and disordered eating, a set of emotion regulation (i.e., negative emotion, emotional awareness, coping), demographic (i.e., age), and physical (i.e., BMI (Body Mass Index)) factors were assessed in 234 early adolescent girls, grades six to eight.…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Eating Disorders, Body Composition, Early Adolescents