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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"gender schema"”.
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A multiple case study of female students' academic self-efficacy while participating in a middle school robotics program
… deeper understanding of the relationship between gender beliefs and academic self-efficacy related to STEM subjects. The results of this study were organized into the theme of experience, influence, coaching, impact, and student descriptors. Contributing factors in the decision to either remain in …
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Healthful sexual interactions: "Masculinity" and "femininity" as constraints
… and healthful sexual interactions was explored. Gender schema theory was used as the conceptual framework and the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) was used to determine subjects' sex role orientation. The Healthful Sexual Interactions Survey was developed by the author and used to measure subjects' …
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Women's Gender Schemas for Obstetrician-Gynecologists
… women's preference for a female OB-GYN is their gender role schema. Gender role schemas may influence what women expect from OB-GYNs of a specific sex, and therefore influence preference. The two studies conducted for this thesis sought to investigate the content of women's schemas for male and …
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The Effect of Gender Schematicity on the Assessment of Male and Female Pilots’ Competence Given Identical Scenarios
<p>Gender has been identified as one of the top three categories, along with race, and age that are subject to stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination (Fiske, 1998). With the emergence of women in stereotypical male domains, gender research has never been more important. The aviation community …
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"Ice queens" and "snow studs": gender stereotypes and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games
… (a content analysis and a survey) to analyze gender stereotypes in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. A nationwide sample of 718 survey participants sex-typed the 12 Winter Olympic sports as either masculine, gender-neutral, or feminine. Then, the televised content was analyzed for prominence of …
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The Influence of Cultural Identification and Gender-Linked Characteristics on the Body Satisfaction of African American Men
… study was to examine the relationships between gender schema, level of cultural identification, and body dissatisfaction in African American men. The first hypothesis under study was that men with a low identification to African American culture would report higher dissatisfaction with their …
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Gender and organisational culture: relationships between marginality and women’s career success
… Tenets of marginality theory (Park, 1928) and gender schema theory (Bem, 1981) were key points of reference. These theories support the proposition that individuals who experience greater congruence between their own gender identity and that of the organisational culture will experience less …
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“Girls Who Kick Butt”: A Cognitive Interpretation of Tamora Pierce’s Adolescent Feminist Fantasy
… receptive to accepting ideas—such as a person’s gender not being a limitation. I examine what the primary texts themselves offer to potential readers, and analyze certain aspects of the texts that could be linked to potential readers’ cognitive and affective engagement. The primary texts I have …