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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"gender influences"”.
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Gender Influences in the Graduate Classroom: An Investigation of Female and Male Student Perceptions
… as micro inequities, seemingly insignificant gender bias behaviors create an inequitable academic environment and marginalize groups and individuals in the American classroom. Popularized by Hall and Sandler's 1982 report on the "chilly" classroom, gender bias is subtle and differs from the …
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Exploration of gender influences in restricted and repetitive behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder
… than girls (Szatmari et al., 2012) though a gender bias may lead to under diagnosis of girls. Therefore, a female phenotype should be differentiated to improve diagnostic accuracy. This study seeks to describe and compare RRB profiles and frequencies in two age cohorts of girls and boys with …
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Perceptions of ECEC (Early Childhood Education and Care) practitioners on how their gender influences their approaches to play
… contribution by considering the perceived gendered roles that ECEC practitioners adopt when working within a play-based curriculum. It examines whether practitioners believe that their gender influences how they engage with children in play. Through qualitative surveys and open-ended …
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Response to gender in the classroom: a look at a teacher's reaction to her students and its effect
… this has an effect on students' perceptions of gender. Using a qualitative study and analyzing interviews, observations, and a gender activity through a data analysis spiral (Creswell 1998) in a first grade classroom with a female teacher, I discovered a teacher's perception of gender influences …
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Implication of Gender Stereotypes for Public Policy
… tool, research supports the theory that gender influences how bosses rate their direct reports on leadership effectiveness. Survey data identifying leadership characteristics in the assessment as communal or agentic substantiate role congruence theory that women are still penalized for …
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A comparison of moral reasoning and moral orientation of American and Turkish university students.
… to examine the influence of culture and gender on moral development. A total of 324 undergraduate students between the ages of 18 and 46 are administered the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and the Measure of Moral Orientation (MMO). Statistical analyses indicate Turkish participants reflect …
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The Influence of Gender and Alcohol Use on Depressive Symptoms Among Men and Women
<p>This study investigated the extent to which gender influences self-reported prototypical and masculine-specific symptoms of depression in men and women and whether or not alcohol mediates this relationship. Secondly, this study evaluated the effectiveness of the Denver Comprehensive Depression …
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Gender and the Subjective Well-being of Widowed Elders
… are different from those of aging men because of gender inequality. This study explored the 2014 Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to discover whether gender influences the factors that affect subjective well-being of elderly widows and widowers (aged 65 and over). To look at subjective …
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Gender Differences in Perceived Organizational Support among Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
… This study was designed to explore whether gender influences veterans’ perceptions of organizational support using the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) and Survey of Perceived Organizational Support (SPOS) in a multiple <em>t</em> test design. Results showed male veterans were more likely to …
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The Relationships Between Entrepreneurs' Gender, Attitudes Toward Seeking Assistance from Entrepreneurship Centers, Utilization of Centers, and Entrepreneurial Success
… I explore the influence of entrepreneurs’ gender on attitudinal differences, help-seeking behaviors, and entrepreneurial success. This research integrates three theoretical frameworks: the psychology of help-seeking, gender role congruity, and the theory of guided preparation as an …
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An empirical study of employee gender and absenteeism
… individual studies; however, it is unclear why gender influences absenteeism rates. Differential effects from gender on the relationship between absenteeism rates and both personal and attitudinal factors of employees were studied. Specific variables examined were age, number of dependents, …
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Accelerators: Their Fit in the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem and Their Cohort Selection Challenges
… criteria and highlight how the founder’s gender influences the economic and social signals sent by the social startup.</p>
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Predictors of Elementary-aged Students’ Writing Fluency Growth in Response to a Performance Feedback Writing Intervention
… et al., 1997; Limpo & Alves, 2013). Additionally gender influences writing fluency, with female students outperforming male students on measures of both handwriting and writing fluency (Malecki & Jewell, 2003; Olinghouse 2008). The goal of the proposed study was to determine whether third-grade …
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The intersection of social class with race and gender: transitioning to first-time managers in professional firms
… an underexplored dimension that profoundly influences professional workplace experiences. Social class context impacts access to resources and opportunities, shaping workplace behaviours and interactions. This study examines how social class, intersecting with race and gender, influences the …
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The Impact of Groundnut Production and Marketing Decisions upon Household Food Security Among Smallholder Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does Gender Matter?
… Africa. Particular attention is paid to how the gender of groundnut growers influences this relationship. Additionally, the thesis examines how gender influences household marketing decisions. Household groundnut production and marketing data was obtained using surveys administered in eastern …
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Ethical Reasoning, Machiavellian Behavior, and Gender: The Impact on Accounting Students' Ethical Decision Making
… behavior and ethical decision making. Prior gender literature suggests that gender influences ethical decision making, with females being more ethical than males. Therefore, hypothesis three examines whether female accounting students agree less with questionable activities compared to males. …
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Pre-weaning diet and stall weaning method influences on stress response in foals
… placed in stalls singly or in pairs for weaning. Gender influences were also examined. The foals exhibited characteristic behavioral and physiological responses to the social dislocative stress of weaning. Behavior scores were lower in paired than in single foals (p = .008) and tended to be lower …
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An Exploration of the Influence of Race and Gender on Sexual Beliefs and Attitudes of Adolescents
… and the relationships between race and gender and sexual beliefs and attitudes. As the U.S. has maintained one of the highest rates of unplanned teen pregnancy and births among industrialized nations, schools and community groups have struggled to combat teen pregnancy and worked toward …
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ESSAYS ON GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND TURKEY
… on the basis of their race, ethnicity, and gender. The first study examines access to care disparities between non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics. I find that observed characteristics explain all of the disparities in access to care between these two groups, a marked change from a decade ago …
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"Somos Parte de la Solución": Women Activists' Knowledge of Gendered Risk and Their Educational Responses to HIV/AIDS in the Peruvian Amazon
… outreach. This dissertation exposes the nuanced gender relations perspectives of HIV positive and sex worker women activists and underscores the importance of including these subjugated knowledges in solution-oriented discourses in HIV/AIDS education. I deployed a combination of gender relations …
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