Subjects were 296 Introductory Psychology students. Pre-test and post-test measures were obtained as a measure of opinion change. Contrary to most previous research, results indicated that there were no significant sex differences or interactions in persuasibility using topics of low or high involvement. (Author)

Two hypotheses, that young subjects would express more positive attitudes toward women's right to self determination than older subjects and that more women than men would do so, were supported by the author's research reported in this article. (Author/HMV)

Challenging Horner but following Berger and Luckmann, "female motive to avoid success" is interpreted as a normative response to social deviancy. Previous studies of this "motive" have analyzed male S's response to male success at activities typified for males but female S's response to female success at activities non-typified for females. This…

This study explores a range of issues characterizing prisonization research based on male populations but does so utilizing cross-sectional questionnaire data gathered from 172 female felons and misdemeanants incarcerated in a prison for women in the southeastern United States. The analysis concentrates on three major issues: (1) the relation of…

The article reviews the dominant conceptual schemes used to study occupational choice, considers potentially female-specific variables, and provides a typology for the analysis of women's marital-familial statuses and work modes. (Author)

Whether graduate students' income sources differ by sex was studied at a large midwestern university on the basis of a stratified random sample. Although there was little evidence of blatant sex discrimination, cultural sex norms may explain differing education choices and patterns that affect income sources. (Author)

This study of workers' satisfaction with their supervisors found, contrary to popular belief, that female supervisors received significantly higher scores on most of the variables considered. The article explores a number of myths about females as supervisors that are contradicted by the findings. (Author)

This study tries to show that a theory of coalition formation based solely on sex is inadequate. Results indicated that both the frequency and the pattern of coalitions formed were significantly influenced by locus of control; thus the findings lend support to the basic reasoning of the researchers. (Author)

The distribution of males and females on a job, occupational classification, and job content were examined as predictors of job sex stereotypes in two studies. Results indicate that the base rate of males and females in the job is the most important predictor of job sextypes. (Author)

Female subjects were randomly assigned to an n Power arousal group or control group. Analysis of TAT protocols revealed that n Power was aroused in women as successfully as the procedures had been with men. Subjects' self-ratings also demonstrated that subjects felt stronger in the experimental group. (NG)

The Bem Sex-Role Inventory (BSRI), which conceptualizes masculinity and femininity as two independent dimensions rather than using the traditional notion of a single bipolar dimension, was factor analyzed. BSRI scores from 253 male and female industrial workers, 36 police officers, and 36 nonworking housewives were analyzed. (Author)

The author discusses the reasons why women are underepresented in the faculty of prestigious universities and do not publish as much as men do in academic journals. Evidence is presented to suggest that anonymity for authors and their institutional affiliation improves women's chances for more of their papers being published. (SE)

In this study females (N=32) and males (N=32) read two passages. One described a sexually exploitative experience for a young woman and the other described a sexually positive experience. Response by males and females varied considerably and depended on the interpersonal as well as the erotic content of the passages. (EJT)

Because of the still imperfectly understood basic factor structure of the MMPI, a Principal Components Analysis and Varimax Rotation was conducted on the MMPI item responses of 50 female undergraduate students of Education at Massey University. Eight factors were extracted. (Author)