Background: Participation is one of the most important interdisciplinary outcome variables in biopsychosocial conceptions of health and disability. While the literature surrounding social and community participation in persons with disabilities indicates that participation is a highly subjective construct, there are few known psychometrically…

This exploratory study of female general staff across New Zealand universities examined career motivation, subjective discrimination and home and occupational salience. Career development and aspirations and multiple home and community commitments were examined through a self-administered online questionnaire. Skill recognition, a good…

The experiences of emerging adulthood may vary in different historical and cultural contexts. Little research has been dedicated to how non college students view adulthood in developing countries. Currently, millions of young people are migrating from rural villages to industrial cities in China. The purpose of this study was to investigate…

The self-concepts, public selves, and perceptions of the female stereotype of a sample of college women are examined. Significant differences exist suggesting that the female stereotype is not internalized but rather acts as an external constraint in the behavior of such females. (Author/MLF)

Videotapes of two 17-month old children -- each child sometimes described as a boy and sometimes as a girl -- were shown to 85 adult middle-class subjects, who rated attributes of the children on questionnaires containing sex role items. (Authors/RY)

In an effort to develop recommendations regarding programs tailored for the needs of elementary school females, data was collected and analyzed regarding goals and aspirations as expressed by girls at this academic level. A questionnaire was designed to tap the vocational aspirations and expected lifestyle of the girls selected to participate in…

Summarizes a study examining 322 Nebraska student teachers' perceptions concerning administration as a career, their aspirations to become administrators, and the encouragement received to become administrators. Most respondents considered administration to be a managerial, rather than a leadership, role and aspired to become administrators at…

Forty-three female college students responded to a l5-statement questionnaire dealing with five areas of role conflict: (1) time management; (2) relations with spouse or boyfriend; (3) expectations for self; (4) expectations of others; and (5) guilt. The problem statements used in the questionnaire were derived from previous research that found…

The hypothesis of this study is that there are no significant differences with respect to attitudes toward success oriented college and career goals of females between 12th grade: (a) males and females; (b) college bound and non-college bound; (c) college bound males and college bound females; (d) children of working and non-working mothers, and…

THIS STUDY SOUGHT TO DETERMINE (1) FAMILY AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY WOMEN AND (2) THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THESE PROBLEMS AND THE RESPONDENTS' BACKGROUND. A MULTI-STAGE PROBABILITY SAMPLING PROCEDURE WAS USED. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM A SAMPLE OF 611 ADULTS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, WISCONSIN. THIS INCLUDED 340 WOMEN USED IN THE STUDY.…

The purpose of this paper is two-fold: (1) to assess the extent to which adolescent girls' sex role expectations reflect traditional or egalitarian concepts of marriage and career roles as evidenced in a longitudinal design; and (2) to compare both the adolescents' role projections and their subsequent enactment to the educational attainment and…

Examines the role that valuing physical appearance, striving for success in multiple roles, and insecure parental attachment are related to eating disorder symptoms. Responses from 156 undergraduate women support the relationship between the Super Woman model (desire to achieve perfection in multiple and often contradictory roles) and the presence…

The relationships between several commonly utilized women's role questionnaires and several personality inventories was investigated. Undergraduates students (120 females, 80 males) completed several personality and sex-role questionnaires including the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI); Rotter's Locus of Control Scale (I-E), MAFERR Forms A, B,…

Examines the manner and extent to which the sexes are socially perceived to differ in the evaluation of their body image. Compares these perceptions with the actual body images of males and females to determine if the sexes are differentially misperceived. (JS)

A study was performed to identify empirically those essential living skills (ELS) perceived as important by men and women in their roles as a family member, an individual, and as an employee. Data was collected on a voluntary basis from 4,929 employed persons contacted through businesses, and 124 homemakers surveyed door-to-door. The ELS…