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Gadzella, Bernadette M.; And Others – 1990
This study was conducted to examine the types of stresses experienced by professionals. Subjects were 56 persons enrolled in graduate classes who completed the Tennessee Stress Scale-L, Work Related Stress Inventory for Professionals. Besides the Total stress score, the instrument produced three subscale scores: Stress Producers, Coping…
Descriptors: Childlessness, Employment Level, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Etaugh, Claire; Riley, Sue – 1980
Findings that job applicants who are married and childless are evaluated more favorably than applicants who are single and have a child have serious implications for the growing number of single female heads of households. This study examines how evaluations of competence are affected by marital and parental status when males and females apply for…
Descriptors: Bias, Competence, Evaluation, Job Applicants
Peer reviewedSamuelsson, Gillis; Dehlin, Ove – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1993
Examined relationship between family network variables and chances of survival among 487 persons born in 1902 and 1903. Strongest predictor for death before age 80 was being single for men and being single and/or married (as opposed to divorced or widowed) for women. For both sexes, marital status was strongest predictor for survival but in…
Descriptors: Childlessness, Death, Family Life, Foreign Countries
Zaks, Peggy M.; And Others – 1979
It was hypothesized that four different "life lines" would affect sex role orientations, specifically intimacy, parenting, grandparenting, and work. Subjects were 74 men and 43 women, white, upper middle class with a mean education level of 14 years. Each participant completed a demographic questionnaire, the Bem Sex Role Inventory, a…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Androgyny
Peer reviewedFord, Donna Y. – Family Relations, 1994
Asked 462 university students whether or not each of 16 scenarios represented "family" to ascertain their perceptions of "family." Found that all respondents considered traditional nuclear unit as family, and majority perceived marital status and parental status to be important features when defining family. Respondents tended to exclude…
Descriptors: Cohabitation, College Students, Definitions, Family (Sociological Unit)
Peer reviewedDennis, Terry; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1990
A survey of 173 medical residency and fellowship graduates found women expecting spouses to contribute half the family income; men anticipated sole responsibility. Married women with children planned on working fewer hours than others. It is concluded that family structure may be important in income and working hours patterns. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Patterns, Entry Workers, Expectation
